Interprofessional Collaboration Competencies of Nursing Students, Nurse Practitioner Students, and Paramedics in a Simulated Palliative Home Care Setting: A Pilot Study

Abstract

Background: Post-secondary institutions do not adequately prepare future professionals to provide quality palliative care. Furthermore, the competencies necessary for interprofessional collaborative practice in home-based palliative care are poorly described in the scientific literature. A palliative care simulation involving standardized patients and paramedics would be a strategy to educate nursing students and nurse practitioner students who have little opportunity to experience interprofessional collaborative palliative care in the home.