1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Citation List Month October 2016 List Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pocket Reference Card Improves Pediatric Resident Comfort In Caring For Children At End Of Life Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal Of Palliative Medicine Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Subject The topic of the resource Quality; Barriers; Perspectives; Palliative Care; Providers; Pain Management; Medicine; National-survey; Education; Health Care Sciences & Services Medical Education; Pediatric Palliative Care; Resident education Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emily M Balkin; Katherine Ort; Robert Goldsby; Jessica Duvall; Cynthia D Kim Description An account of the resource Background: Studies have shown that pediatricians in all stages of training are uncomfortable managing patients at end of life. Our goal was to create and test a portable reference card to improve pediatric resident education in comprehensive care for children nearing end of life. Methods: We evaluated the impact of the Pediatric End-of-Life Care Management Reference Card on residents' perceived comfort and knowledge through pre- and post-intervention surveys. The preintervention questionnaires and pocket cards were distributed to all first- and second-year residents, and then a follow-up survey was provided six months later. Based on Likert scales, questions focused on self-reported understanding of palliative care principles and knowledge regarding and comfort in performing end-of-life symptom management. Results: Twenty-six pediatric residents completed pre- and post-intervention surveys. Following receipt of the reference card, no significant changes were noted consistently across all groups of residents. The majority of improvements were noted when comparing second to third year residents, including knowledge and comfort related to pain management, comfort in managing secretions and nausea, and documentation following death. The first to second year residents demonstrated improvement in knowing what language to use to tell a family that their child has died. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that a portable reference card may be a convenient, simple, and useful component of education for pediatric residents in end-of-life care management. This reference card is a foundation from which to develop a standardized educational tool. Additional research is required to assess the impact of this type of intervention in pediatric palliative care education. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context doi:10.1089/jpm.2016.0247 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). 2016 Barriers Cynthia D Kim Education Emily M Balkin Health Care Sciences & Services Jessica Duvall Journal of Palliative Medicine Katherine Ort Medical Education Medicine National-survey October 2016 List Pain Management Palliative Care Pediatric Palliative Care Perspectives Providers Quality resident education Robert Goldsby