Whether lectures and multiple choice questions are the best teaching and examination formats to educate attitude and psychosocial contents to care for dying patients is questionable.
In this study, we wanted to investigate the relationship between background variables, communication skills, and the bio-psychosocial content of a medical consultation in a general practice setting with a standardized patient.
This Committee synthesized expert opinion and conducted a comprehensive literature review to support the psychosocial evaluation content and process recommendations that were developed.
Information about whether or not the patient knows about the diagnosis and prognosis, the psychosocial context, intolerances for medication, and the content of the previous five contacts was transferred by less than 50% of the GPs.
End-of-life care was measured in terms of end-of-life care goals i.e. main treatment aim (cure, prolonging life, or palliative/comfort/supportive care), specific potentially life-prolonging and palliative treatments received, and physical, psychosocial and/or spiritual content of care [ 1, 2].
Examples include the minimal effective dosage of antipsychotic medication and the content of psychosocial interventions.
Intervention content: The psychosocial intervention described and evaluated in the study was classified, based on the description provided in the paper.
The rationale for our choice of the form and content of psychosocial interventions to be tested is derived from a synthesis of our multiple sources of evidence, including our programme team meetings.
Reviewing the different sources of evidence about increasing access to interventions, we found that the content of psychosocial interventions needs to be presented in ways which are culturally acceptable, incorporate physical difficulties and decrease social isolation.
The program content was psychosocial-educational, providing motivational support and information about diabetes, diet, exercise, and behavior change.
