Table 6.

Percentages and frequencies of academic and community respondents stating they are “Moderately confident” or “Very confident” in their ability to perform various aspects of advance care planning

	All respondents	Academic respondents	Community respondents	P value
Communicate “bad news” with honesty and compassion	92.1% (563)	90.9% (249)	93.7% (296)	.202
Discuss prognosis with patient/family	85.4% (522)	83.6% (229)	87.0% (275)	.236
Discuss and incorporate patient/family values, preferences, and goals into palliative care plan	82.3% (503)	79.2% (217)	84.8% (268)	.075
Respond to strong patient emotions (eg, fear, anger, sadness)	81.3% (497)	78.8% (216)	83.2% (263)	.173
Estimate a patient’s prognosis	65.8% (402)	59.5% (163)	71.5% (226)	.002
Discuss “do-not-resuscitate” orders with patient/family	65.1% (398)	64.6% (177)	65.8% (208)	.755
Discuss preparation of a living will or selection of a health care proxy with patient/family	56.5% (345)	56.2% (154)	56.6% (179)	.914