Effectiveness of International Hospice and Palliative Care Training for Health Care Professionals in Countries of the Western Pacific Region

This study aimed to describe an international workforce training program for hospice and palliative care that emphasized spiritual care and evaluate the effectiveness of the training implementation. A quasi-experimental study was conducted with 28 health care professionals from 4 countries in the Western Pacific Region, who attended the international workforce trainings on hospice and palliative care. Data were collected before and after the trainings using a self-reported survey questionnaire. The participants' palliative care knowledge, spiritual well-being, perceived stress, and compassion competency were analyzed to evaluate the training program. Whereas the participants' knowledge of hospice and palliative care (P
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: International Series Source Type: research