Effective communication in pediatric palliative care : evaluation of two educational videos

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LISAKOWSKI, Annika | FRENKERT, Johanna | HARTENSTEIN-PINTER, Almut | KUBEK, Larissa | ZERNIKOW, Boris | WAGER, Julia

OBJECTIVES: In pediatric palliative care, effective communication is one of the most important skills. However, physicians often lack proper training. This study examines how to enhance medical students' ability to deliver a life-limiting diagnosis to parents. For this, we evaluated the effectiveness of two educational videos. METHODS: We randomly assigned 114 medical students to two intervention groups and one control group. The intervention consisted of two different educational videos. We used self-assessment instruments and objective measures. Group-specific differences were analyzed using (repeated measures) Analysis of Variance, accounting for the effects of covariates, and t-tests. RESULTS: Analysis of self-assessed communication skills identified a positive effect of the ‘time x group’ interaction (F (2) = 3.25, p = 0.042, = 0.055), indicating a statistically significant increase in both intervention groups. A positive effect of both videos on performance was observed for one item. CONCLUSION: An acting or animated video can have a small but significant impact on self-assessed communication skills and objectively assessed behaviour for medical students with varying levels of experience in delivering bad news to parents. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Further research is required to investigate the long-term impact of educational videos on the communication behaviour of providers interacting with parents.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2025.108790

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