Knowledge of Palliative Care and Advance Directives Among Speech–Language Pathology Students

This study utilized a participatory design approach for survey development to study student awareness and knowledge of select palliative care topics. Study results revealed SLP students' high exposure to the construct of quality of life, with notably limited knowledge of and exposure to palliative care and advance directives. Furthermore, SLP students frequently reported being familiar with a concept or term and yet were unable to explain the concept accurately. These data were analyzed and offer critical insights into curriculum design for training SLP students about palliative care.
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research