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Evaluating an Advance Care Planning Curriculum: a Lecture, a Game, a Patient, and an Essay.


ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Curricula on advance care planning are commonly absent or inadequate in the majority of medical schools. This study assessed an advance care planning mini-curriculum involving a lecture, an end-of-life conversation game, a patient encounter during which students facilitated completion of an advance directive, and a subsequent reflective essay.

Methods

This convergent, mixed methods study used a pre-post, longitudinal design. Confidence having end-of-life conversations was assessed at three timepoints. A linear mixed effects model compared mean confidence at the three timepoints. Focus groups and open-ended questionnaires (analyzed using content analysis) explored student perceptions of the curricula.

Results

Sixty-nine of 149 students completed the questionnaires; 18 students participated in the focus groups. Confidence scores increased by 10.3 points (+ 4.2 post-lecture/game; + 6.1 post-patient assignment/essay; p < 0.001 for all timepoints). Students felt the game (1) was a good "starting point" for learning to initiate end-of-life conversations; (2) fostered internal and external reflections about advance care planning; and (3) allowed exploration of the complexities of end-of-life discussions. Qualitative exploration suggested that high-level learning-interpreted through the lens of Bloom's taxonomy-occurred.

Conclusion

Mixed methods data suggest that the advance care planning mini-curriculum effectively increased student confidence having end-of-life conversations. Qualitative analyses revealed student learning covering all of tiers of Bloom's taxonomy.

SUBMITTER: Van Scoy LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368620 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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