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Table 3 Education and Experience

From: Perspectives on death and dying: a study of resident comfort with End-of-life care

Question

Number (%)

Classroom training on EOL in medical school

 None

14 (8.6%)

 Very Little

75 (46.0%)

 Some

64 (39.3%)

 A lot

10 (6.1%)

Classroom training on EOL in residency

 None

59 (39.1%)

 Very Little

74 (49.0%)

 Some

17 (11.3%)

A lot

1 (0.7%)

Number of EOL conversations in medical School

 None

53 (33.1%)

 1–5

83 (51.9%)

 6–10

18 (11.3%)

 11–15

5 (3.1%)

 16–25

0

 26–50

1 (0.6%)

  > 50

0

Number of EOL conversations in residency

 None

10 (6.7%)

 1–5

41 (27.3%)

 6–10

23 (15.3%)

 11–15

21 (14.0%)

 16–25

21 (14.0%)

 26–50

17 (11.3%)

  > 50

17 (11.3%)

EOL supervision in medical school

 Always

50 (51.0%)

 Mostly supervised

27 (27.6%)

 Mostly unsupervised

15 (15.3%)

 Never

6 (6.1%)

EOL supervision in residency

 Always

13 (9.4%)

 Mostly supervised

40 (28.8%)

 Mostly unsupervised

58 (41.7%)

 Never

28 (20.1%)

 Not at all

32 (22.5%)

Felt prepared for EOL after medical school

 Not at all

25 (16.1%)

 A little

59 (38.1%)

 Somewhat

50 (32.3%)

 Very

16 (10.3%)

 Fully

5 (3.2%)