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Optimizing Family Counseling for Anticipated Extremely Preterm Delivery
Sponsor: Boston Children's Hospital
Summary
Antenatal family counseling for anticipated extremely preterm deliveries remains ethically and practically challenging for maternal-fetal medicine specialists and neonatologists alike. The overall goal of this project is to improve antenatal counseling and counseling outcomes for families facing anticipated extremely preterm delivery through innovative, interdisciplinary simulation-based education for maternal fetal medicine specialists and neonatologists, using language preferred by families, and focusing on eliciting values and building partnerships through advanced communication and relational skills.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
460
Start Date
2019-09-17
Completion Date
2027-02-28
Last Updated
2025-12-16
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Educational intervention
Investigators will first determine preferred language and approaches by families, then redefine current training for prenatal counseling at extreme prematurity by developing and implementing two novel, interdisciplinary simulation-based educational programs for MFM and Neonatology (a workshop and an online module), focusing on eliciting values and building partnerships through advanced communication and relational skills, to improve counseling practices and outcomes
Locations (3)
Boston Children's Hosptial
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
South Shore Hospital
Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States