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Breaking Bad News Skills of Doctors and Residents in the Surgical Setting
Sponsor: Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Summary
Breaking bad news is a very stressful and difficult situation for health care professionals, especially clinical doctors and surgeons. Acquiring skills for this sort of communication is very important due to the large volume of times that these professionals will have to deal with it and because it can affect the doctor-patient relationship forever. The objective of this study is to evaluate the skill of surgeons and residents in surgical specialties in breaking bad news to patients and families across Spanish hospitals. This will be done by analyzing the subjects in terms of their knowledge and experience using a specialized questionnaire based on breaking bad news protocol, designed in the "Hospital Sant Joan de Déu" Children's hospital in Barcelona.
Official title: Breaking Bad News Skills of Doctors and Residents in Anesthesia and Surgical Specialties in Spain: a Cross-sectional Survey
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Start Date
2020-03-16
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2024-10-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Breaking bad news skills
Communication skills analyzed by a specialized questionnaire designed from a Breaking bad news protocol developed in 2018-2019 in Barcelona.
Locations (1)
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Hospital Uiversitari Mútua de Terrassa
Barcelona, Spain