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In a survey of healthcare staff [n=431] from 53 New Zealand RAC facilities only 199 of 431 (47.2%) had formal palliative care training. Previous palliative care experience and the quality of the palliative care communications environment. predicted willingness to engage in more training. Higher scores for burnout predicted a decreased likelihood of engaging in formal palliative care training.
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These results can inform the design and delivery of future palliative care education programmes within RAC.
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This page is a summary of: Burnout matters: The impact on residential aged care staffs’ willingness to undertake formal palliative care training, Progress in Palliative Care, July 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1179/1743291x14y.0000000096.
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