The ACA training programme to improve communication between general practitioners and their palliative care patients: development and applicability

BMC Palliative Care

Correspondence

Annette H Blankenstein¹  Willemjan Slort¹  Henriëtte E van der Horst¹  Bernardina S Wanrooij²  Luc Deliens³ 

[1] Department of General Practice, EMGO + Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of General Practice/Family Medicine, Division of Public Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO + Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;End-of-Life Care Research Group, Ghent University & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;

关键词: Palliative care;    Communication;    Education;    Family practice;    Feasibility studies;    Physician-patient relations;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1472-684X-11-9

 received in 2011-12-07, accepted in 2012-06-12,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

We describe the development of a new training programme on GP-patient communication in palliative care, and the applicability to GPs and GP Trainees. This ‘ACA training programme’ focuses on  A vailability of the GP for the patient,  C urrent issues that should be raised by the GP, and  A nticipating various scenarios. Evaluation results indicate the ACA training programme to be applicable to GPs and GP Trainees. The ACA checklist was appreciated by GPs as useful both in practice and as a learning tool, whereas GP Trainees mainly appreciated the list for use in practice.

【 授权许可】

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© Slort et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012