Table 1
Respondent demographics
|
Respondent demographics (N = 118) |
N (%) |
|---|---|
|
Speciality/Subspeciality | |
|
Paediatric resident |
58 (49.2) |
|
Neonatal-perinatal medicine fellow |
12 (10.2) |
|
Medicine-paediatric resident |
11 (9.3) |
|
Paediatric critical care fellow |
8 (6.8) |
|
Developmental paediatrics fellow |
6 (5.1) |
|
Paediatric haematology-oncology fellow |
4 (3.4) |
|
Paediatric neurology fellow |
3 (2.5) |
|
Paediatric endocrinology fellow |
3 (2.5) |
|
Paediatric emergency medicine fellow |
2 (1.7) |
|
Paediatric infectious disease fellow |
1 (0.8) |
|
Paediatric gastroenterology fellow |
1 (0.8) |
|
Paediatric rheumatology fellow |
1 (0.8) |
|
Year of training | |
|
Incoming PGY-1 (medical school graduates) |
21 (18.4) |
|
Finishing PGY-1 |
20 (17.5) |
|
Finishing PGY-2 |
15 (13.2) |
|
Finishing PGY-3 (residency programme graduates) |
12 (10.5) |
|
Finishing PGY-4 |
19 (16.7) |
|
Finishing PGY-5 |
9 (7.9) |
|
Finishing PGY-6 |
8 (7.0) |
|
Paediatric Programme Directors |
8 (6.8) |
|
Male |
37 (33.6) |
|
Female |
76 (66.4) |
|
Mean age (years) |
31.2 (range: 22–64) |
Fig. 1
Trend analysis for proportions of experience and personal comfort scores by PGY level. ‘Comfort’ included those answers of ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ to the statement ‘I feel comfortable….’ The proportion of those trainees with any experience begins at 0.55 for medical school graduates (incoming PGY-1) and reaches 1.0 by residency completion (finishing PGY-3) (p < 0.001). In contrast, those who report being comfortable begins at none, is 0.27 by residency completion, and reaches a maximum of 0.45 by fellowship completion (p = 0.005). Of note, overall proportions of those respondents agreeing that they are comfortable in end-of-life care are lower at all levels of training than the proportion of respondents who have actual experience with these circumstances
Fig.2
Trend analysis for proportions of experience and personal comfort scores for each specific aspect of end-of-life care queried in the assessment, by PGY level
Fig. 3
Self-reported educational needs by all trainees participating in the assessment. Trainees were asked to choose topics they felt they may benefit from attending sessions on or receiving more formal education in
