Communication Skills Training and Competency Assessment for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellows

Study to determine if pulmonary/critical care fellows will demonstrate increased competency in the behavioral skills necessary to facilitate family meetings focused on discussions of goals of care in the ICU from pre- to post-communication skills training.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Communication
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: First year program; Other: Control comparison

Detailed Description

The investigators hypothesize that pulmonary/critical care fellows will demonstrate increased competency in the behavioral skills necessary to facilitate family meetings focused on discussions of goals of care in the ICU from pre- to post-communication skills training.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 16
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Ohio
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
      • The Ohio State University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 89 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• First- and second-year pulmonary/critical care fellows

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: First year fellow	Behavioral: First year program; Information on group that underwent new educational program
Other: Second Year Fellow	Other: Control comparison; Information from group that did not undergo new first year program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Subject self evaluation of training and skill	Determine level of prior training in communication skills and assess trainee attitudes about goals of care communication training	Measured at basline (Month 0)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self versus trainer comparison assessment	Compare pulmonary/critical care fellows' self-report of confidence and competence in performing goals of care discussions during family meetings with faculty observed competence in performance of this skill.	Measured at basline (Month 0), during intervention and End of Study (Month 12)
Evaluation of Effectiveness of intervention	Evaluate the effectiveness of a behavioral skills checklist as a formative feedback tool to improve the ability of pulmonary/critical care fellows to utilize the five key elements of patient-centered communication	Measured at End of Study (Month 12)
Evaluate communication skills curriculum	Determine the effect of the implementation of a communication skills curriculum for pulmonary/critical care fellows on the physician communication domain of family satisfaction survey scores in the ICU.	Measured at End of Study (Month 12)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Jennifer McCallister MD
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jennifer McCallister, M.D., Ohio State University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: November 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 26, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): November 29, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): November 19, 2013
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 15, 2013
• Last Verified: November 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Communication skills
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2010B0299