M I Nurjahan, T A Lim, S W Yeong, A L S Foong, J Ware
Utilization of information technology in medical education: a questionnaire survey of students in a Malaysian institution
The Medical journal of Malaysia
little investigation surrogate comprehension education provided neuroscience healthcare team sought evaluate 1 surrogate understanding patients clinical condition 2 relationship surrogates neuroscience team perceive surrogate comprehension patients condition prospectively surveyed surrogates patients lacked decision making capacity admitted neurology ward neuroscience icu 48 h 102018052021 survey investigated surrogates communication neuroscience team understanding hospitalization member neuroscience team asked provide clinical data patient indicate well perceived surrogate understood situation surveyed 50 surrogates median 10 iqr 517 days hospitalization 38 76 surrogates correctly identified reason admission 21 42 correctly identified assessmentsinterventions performed nearly surrogates rated understanding patients medical condition excellent 47 good 49 slight agreement kappa 0133 surrogate selfperception understanding neuroscience team perception surrogates understanding although 20 surrogates used institutional electronic education materials 74 discussed hospitalization friendsfamily work healthcare objective subjective assessments surrogate comprehension demonstrate need improve communication surrogates patients neurological conditions neuroscience healthcare teams must taught educate surrogates assess understanding