title: Are family medicine residents adequately trained to deliver palliative care?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore educational factors that influence family medicine residents' (FMRs') intentions to offer palliative care and palliative care home visits to patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Canadian, urban, specialized palliative care centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  First-year (n = 9) and second-year (n = 6) FMRs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semistructured interviews were conducted with FMRs following a 4-week palliative care rotation. Questions focused on participant experiences during the rotation and perceptions about their roles as family physicians in the delivery of palliative care and home visits. Participant responses were analyzed to summarize and interpret patterns related to their educational experience during their rotation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four interrelated themes were identified that described this experience: foundational skill development owing to training in a specialized setting; additional need for education and support; unaddressed gaps in pragmatic skills; and uncertainty about family physicians' role in palliative care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Residents described experiences that both supported and inadvertently discouraged them from considering future engagement in palliative care. Reassuringly, residents were also able to underscore opportunities for improvement in palliative care education.
authors.forename: Ramona
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahtani
authors.forename: Allison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kurahashi
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buchman
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Amna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D065126:Palliative Medicine / Q000193:education*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research