Using simulation as a learning experience in
clinical teams to learn about palliative and end of
life care : a literature review

Randall, D; Garbutt, D; Barnard, MC

Abstract

Simulation has been shown to improve the preparedness of practitioners in acute care. In this review we evaluate using simulation to prepare practitioners to deliver palliative care in multidisciplinary teams. The Joanna Briggs Institute approach was used and seventeen studies selected. The thematic analysis of the literature fitted well with Gabby et al pyramid approach to health improvement suggesting that simulation can be used in teams to learn technical, soft and learning skills of delivering palliative care. The analysis does not indicate how learning each of these skills interacts nor if simulations in teams should be repeated, or how often.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 23, 2017
• Online Publication Date: May 25, 2017
• Publication Date: May 25, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jun 8, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 29, 2017
• Journal: Death Studies
• Print ISSN: 0748-1187
• Electronic ISSN: 1091-7683
• Publisher: Routledge
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 172-183
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2017.1334006
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2017.1334006
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