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Palliative care
Medical education
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the knowledge, confidence, profile and practical application of Palliative Care (PC) of professors of the Medicine Course at a college in the interior of São Paulo. Methods: A questionnaire of 9 questions was carried out in Google Forms, for teachers, evaluating the profile, training time, training area and self-perception of their knowledge on the PC theme. Results: It was evaluated that 93.3% of the interviewees dealt with patients at the end of life or with life-threatening diseases at some point; 16.7% feel very confident to deal with these patients; for pain management in end-of-life patients, 6.7% were very confident; for the approach to spirituality, 20% very confident; and to carry out the Advance Directives of Will, 10% very confident. Conclusion: It is noted that it is necessary to increase the curriculum related to PC, expanding theoretical and practical activities, clinical experiences, in addition to continuing education for teachers, expanding multidisciplinary education and tests for students to assess learning.
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