An Educational Intervention to Improve Resident Comfort With Communication at the End of Life

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: End of Life Communication

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the addition of teaching on communication at the end of life to the pre-existing resident curriculum will positively impact residents' knowledge and attitudes regarding communication at the end of life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01150968

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

166

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-02-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• UCSF internal medicine resident

You may not qualify if…

• Not UCSF internal medicine resident

Where it is running

• UCSF Program in Medical Ethics — San Francisco, California, United States

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