Table 1 Overview of the online courses in palliative care identified
From: Online education in palliative care - A national exploratory multimethod study
Course | Target group | Goal | Time required (minutes) | Eligibility requirements | Certificate | Quality review | Evaluation Collection of participants’ data / participant evaluation of course |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | All healthcare professions who care for patients with PC needs | Increase competence among professionals working with patients where PC needs occur, regardless of workplace or profession. A sub-goal: increase interest in general PC among healthcare managers, which could in turn lead to local improvement work and an interest in the employees’ level of knowledge. | 270 | None | Yes, after the knowledge test | Yes | Yes / Partly* *Occasionally sent out a questionnaire and had individual conversations with managers and participants |
b | All healthcare professions who meet patients and relatives at different stages of PC. | Increase competence in general PC with a focus on the PC approach, symptom relief, nursing, structured work methods and support of relatives. | 270 | Employed in the region | Not described | Yes | Yes / Partly* *At a specific time period 2017 |
c | Nursing professions | Increase knowledge and understanding and thereby support the employees in their meetings with patients in different PC stages and their relatives. | 90 | None | Yes, after the knowledge test | Yes | Yes / No |
d | Nursing professions | Increase knowledge and understanding of symptoms and symptom relief in PC with the aim of increasing the quality of life of patients in different PC stages. | 90 | None | Yes, after the knowledge test | Yes | Yes / No |
e | Primarily healthcare professions employed at nursing homes | Concrete suggestions about how to provide support to people in existential crisis and with a special section focusing on existential crisis in people with dementia and their relatives. | Not described | None | Yes, after the knowledge test | Yes | Yes /No |
f | Nurses and physicians in specialised PC | Increase knowledge related to pain and relevant actions to be taken by healthcare professionals, together with the team, with the purpose of relieving pain. Increased security and safety in these matters among employees and the organisations. | Not described | None | Yes, after the knowledge test | Yes | Yes / No |
g | Primarily assistant nurses | Provide a basic understanding of PC and what is important in encounters with elderly people approaching the end of life. | 40 | None | Yes, after the knowledge test | Unclear | ? / ? |
h | Assistant nurses, registered nurses, physicians, general practitioners in home healthcare | Ability to assess nutrition-based actions relevant in various situations and connected to each profession’s area of responsibility. Understand the importance of interprofessional collaboration and coordination of care interventions. | 60 | None | Yes, after the knowledge test | Yes | ? / ? |
i | All healthcare professionals | That all professionals within the team gain common basic knowledge to be able to perform good PC in the final stage of life. | 210 | None | Yes, after the knowledge test | Yes | Yes / Yes |