James McMahon, David R Thompson, Jan Cameron, Christine Brown Wilson, Loreena Hill, Paul Tierney, Doris Yu, Debra K Moser, Karen Spilsbury, Nittaya Srisuk, Jos M G A Schols, Mariëlle van der Velden, Gary Mitchell
Heart failure in nursing homes: A scoping review of educational interventions for optimising care provision
International journal of nursing studies advances
netherlands palliative care provided generalist healthcare professionals hcps possible palliative care specialists necessary however still needs clarified specialist expertise entails specialized care consists training work experience needed become palliative care specialist addition generalists specialists experts palliative care recognized within nursing medical professions unclear three roles relate study aims explore hcps working palliative care describe terms generalist specialist expert selfdescription related work experience education crosssectional open online survey prestructured openended questions among hcps provide palliative care analyses done using descriptive statistics deductive thematic coding openended questions eight hundred fiftyfour hcps filled survey 74 received additional training 79 five years working experience palliative care based working experience 17 describe generalist 34 specialist 44 expert almost three four hcps attributed level expertise education working experience selfdescribed specialistsexperts working experience palliative care often additional training attended patients palliative care needs often physicians compared generalists deductive analysis open questions revealed similarities distinctions roles specialist expert seventysix percent respondents mentioned importance specialists experts wished clarity defines specialist expert become one need practice roles used interchangeably competencies specialistexpert role consist consulting leadership understanding importance collaboration although grounds hcps describe generalist specialist experts differ hcps describe specialists experts mostly based postgraduate education work experience hcps find important specialists experts palliative care addition generalists indicate clarity requirements three roles needed