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September 23-24, 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic
2nd International Conference on
Palliative Care
Clinical Trials and Pharmacovigilance
Joint Event
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ThestudyispartofanESF-fundedresearchanddevelopment
project, whose purpose was to use simulation to support
socissal and healthcare staff’s competence development in
small and medium-sized enterprises. The project partners
were a vocational education institution and a university of
applied sciences. The participants represented 20 SMEs
engaged in old people’s care, child welfare, mental health
and disability services. Based on a learning needs assessment,
they were offered simulation-based coaching in their own
contexts.
The staff in enterprises offering care for old people (n=5)
participated in simulation coaching designed to influence
their attitudes and theoretical and practical palliative care
competence. The aims were to help staff recognise clients’
physical, psychological and social palliative care needs,
increase staff’s sensitivity and preparedness for holistic care
and practise interaction supporting family members. One
Lecturer assumed the role of a dying person/family member,
while another facilitated the simulation process and feedback
discussion. The participants, 6-10 employees per enterprise,
were divided to actors working in pairs and observers
instructed to focus on certain areas of the performance.
Following the intervention, the participants were asked to
evaluate the usefulness of the coaching for their competence
development and the suitability of simulation for learning
palliative care. Their responses to the 5 Likert-type items and
3 open questions were analysed using SPSS for Windows
25 and inductive content analysis. Simulation coaching
was found to be well suited for learning palliative care; it
allows experiencing near-authentic scenarios in a safe and
confidential atmosphere and encourages deep reflection.
Profound discussion, built on the near-genuine scenario
and shared action and interaction, was appreciated as the
most important yield of the coaching. Participants had an
opportunity to discuss challenging care situation, ethics and
coping in a safe environment. Simulation-based coaching
could be considered a form of clinical supervision.
Speaker Biography
Mari Salminen-Tuomaala, completed her PhD in Health Sciences. Currently
she is a Principal Lecturer in Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing, the
Responsible Lecturer for the Master Programme in Advanced Practice
Nursing and a Senior Lecturer in Acute Nursing at Seinäjoki University of
Applied Sciences, School of Health Care and Social Work. She is also the
Responsible Lecturer for the national R & D Coaching Programme. She
has authored or co-authored 68 scientific articles and has been a key note
speaker and presenter in several national and international conferences.
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Mari Salminen-Tuomaala
Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Learning palliative care by means of simulation
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