Bollig Georg, Meyer Stefan, Knopf Boris, Schmidt Marina, Hayes Bauer Eithne
Medical Research Unit, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
Palliative Care Team, Medical Department Sønderborg/Tønder, South Jutland Hospital, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Feb 5;9(2):172. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9020172.
The Last Aid course aims to teach public palliative care by increasing public awareness and empowering people about the role of the individual in the death of loved ones. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has altered educational methods prohibiting classroom settings. Therefore, an online course was created to enable continued and safe public palliative care education. A mixed-methods study was performed to examine the feasibility of delivering the Last Aid course online. Data collection included participant questionnaires with qualitative and quantitative data, observations and a focus group discussion. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and qualitative description. In total, 15 online Last Aid courses were held, 174 participants took part in the study and 92 completed questionnaires were included. Findings revealed overall course satisfaction for the online courses in line with previous findings for classroom teaching. The online platform enabled course participation from people previously unable or unwilling to attend, namely caregivers to dying relatives and younger people. Instructors displayed an ability to teach online. However, some instructors expressed frustration over reduced interaction and technical challenges, which was echoed by participant ratings showing that many lacked social networking with fellow participants. Nonetheless, this pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of the online Last Aid course. Attention must be given to increasing both participant-to-participant and instructor-to-participant interaction. More research on the long-term effects of Last Aid courses is needed.
“临终关怀援助”课程旨在通过提高公众意识并让人们了解个人在亲人离世过程中的作用，来教授公众姑息治疗。然而，新冠疫情改变了教育方式，禁止课堂教学。因此，创建了一门在线课程，以确保公众姑息治疗教育能够持续且安全地开展。开展了一项混合方法研究，以检验在线提供“临终关怀援助”课程的可行性。数据收集包括参与者问卷（包含定性和定量数据）、观察结果以及一次焦点小组讨论。使用描述性分析和定性描述对数据进行了分析。总共举办了15次在线“临终关怀援助”课程，174名参与者参与了研究，纳入了92份完整的问卷。研究结果显示，参与者对在线课程总体满意，这与之前课堂教学的结果一致。在线平台使之前无法或不愿参加的人能够参与课程，这些人包括临终亲属的照料者和年轻人。授课教师表现出了在线教学的能力。然而，一些教师对互动减少和技术挑战表示沮丧，参与者的评分也反映了这一点，表明许多人缺乏与其他参与者的社交互动。尽管如此，这项试点研究证明了在线“临终关怀援助”课程的可行性。必须重视增加参与者之间以及教师与参与者之间的互动。还需要对“临终关怀援助”课程的长期效果进行更多研究。
