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. 2022 Oct 27;3(1):255–263. doi: 10.1089/pmr.2022.0008

Table 4.

Survey Participant Responses Related to Supportive Measures for Alleviating Difficulties in End-of-Life Care

  Resident physicians (%) Clinical fellows (%) Attending physicians (%)
More lectures on end-of-life care and symptom relief in pregraduate education. 18.2 17.9 30.2
More clinical practice on end-of-life care and symptom relief in pre-graduate education 23.2 28.4 37.5
More training on communication in pregraduate education 19.7 23.9 43.8
Mandatory clinical rotation training in the palliative care department and palliative care team 31.8 37.3 41.7
Increased opportunities for end-of-life care lectures and workshops through postgraduate education 36.9 25.6 41.1
Enrich self-learning resources related to end-of-life care, such as guidelines and electronic journals. 29.8 23.3 28.4
Attending physicians or mentors to whom younger physicians can easily make consultation, including end-of-life care. 56.1 57.9 62.1
Attending physicians' consideration to make younger physicians experience end-of-life care. 37.9 26.3 38.9
Attending physicians' consideration to observe their end-of-life care practice 38.4 32.3 40
Receive guidance from medical staff such as nurses on the significance of multidisciplinary approach and how to proceed. 34.8 26.3 42.1
Staff or departments where younger physicians can discuss their own mental burden and stress in the training. 44.4 34.6 60.6