Table 2. One-Year Postgraduation Survey Results.
Item | Scorea | No. Respondents | Not Applicableb |
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The PCE experience prepared me: | |||
For delivering emotional/challenging news | 3.2 | 30 | 4 |
To participate in family meeting regarding goals of care and end of life | 3.7 | 30 | 4 |
To be leader in a family meeting regarding goals of care and end of life | 3.3 | 25 | 9 |
To better deal with ethical challenges regarding goals of care and end of life | 3.3 | 30 | 4 |
Abbreviation: PCE, palliative care-ethics.
Rated on a 4-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, 4 = strongly agree).
Not Applicable: completed by students who had not yet had the opportunity and/or were training in specialties with limited clinical exposure (e.g., radiology, pathology).