Table 1.

Resident and Fellow Demographics and Exposure to Palliative Care and Pediatric Deaths

		Residents n (%)	Fellows n (%)	All n (%)
Demographics
Gender	Female	40 (77%)	32 (73%)	72 (75%)
Age (years)	25–29	45 (87%)	8 (18%)	53 (55%)
	30–34	6 (12%)	31 (71%)	37 (39%)
	35–59	1 (2%)	5 (11%)	6 (6%)
Exposure to palliative care
Has previous PC training		24 (46%)	28 (64%)	52 (54%)
Cared for a child who might have benefited from PC		43 (83%)	34 (77%)	77 (80%)
Had a friend or family member with a life-threatening illness		34 (65%)	33 (75%)	67 (70%)

	Residents Mean (range)	Fellows Mean (range)	All Mean (range)
Exposure to Dying Patients
Number of patients trainees cared for who died	5.1 (0–30)	9.5 (1–50)	7.1 (0–50)
Number of patients trainees cared for with terminal conditions (likely to die within 6 months)	11.3 (0–60)	15.6 (0–100)	13.2 (0–100)

PC, palliative care.