Table 2.

Fellows Who Self-Reported Being “Very Comfortable” with Key Areas of Palliative Care

	Formal training in palliative care		p
	No (N = 42)	Yes (N = 20)
	n (%)	n (%)
1. Leading goals-of-care conversations	1 (2)	7 (35)	0.001
2. Breaking bad news to parents/families	6 (14)	8 (40)	0.0478
3. Discussing changing the code status of a patient	4 (10)	7 (35)	0.0286
4. Discussing treatment withholding or withdrawal	4 (10)	4 (20)	0.4184
5. Transition to home hospice	0 (0)	1 (5)	0.3226
6. Grief and bereavement	2 (5)	5 (25)	0.0306
7. Providing antenatal counseling for extreme prematurity	13 (31)	10 (50)	0.1694
8. Identifying life-limiting conditions	6 (14)	3 (15)	0.9999
9. Providing counseling regarding the prognosis of life-limiting conditions	1 (2)	3 (15)	0.0945
10. Assessing for and managing pain at the end of life	3 (7)	5 (25)	0.0984
11. Assessing for and managing respiratory symptoms at the end of life	3 (7)	6 (30)	0.0255