To Begin at the Beginning: Determining Priorities for Pediatric Palliative Care Fast Facts with a Modified Delphi Study (TH346-A)

Abstract

Discuss the Fast Fact topics that pediatric palliative care physicians and pediatric residency program directors agree are most important for the education of pediatric interns. Original Research Background: Palliative care Fast Facts—a collection of concise educational summaries on palliative care topics— enhance knowledge of internal medicine residents. There is no existing database of pediatric palliative care Fast Facts and no agreement on the core topics for which these summaries are needed. Research Objectives: To determine the core topics for pediatric palliative care Fast Facts for the pediatric intern. Methods: of experts on an issue where none previously existed. We surveyed expert pediatric palliative care physicians and expert pediatric residency program directors to reach consensus on the highest yield topics for pediatric Fast Facts for the pediatric intern. In the first round survey, experts rated (1-5 Likert scale) a list of 93 pediatric palliative care topics identified via literature review to indicate the top Fast Facts that should be written for the pediatric intern and suggested additional topics. Topics were categorized