Table 3 Weighting of the content categories of the mandatory teaching
EAPC content categories (with recommended percentage) [32, 33] | Percentages for each of the eight Austrian universitiesa | Mean valueb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basics of Palliative Care (5%) | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 5% | 10% | No mandatory teaching | 19.3% |
Pain and symptom management (50%) | 20% | 40% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 5% | 65% | 31.4% | |
Psychosocial and spiritual aspects (20%) | 10% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 10% | 5% | 10% | 8.6% | |
Ethical and legal issues (5%) | 20% | 10% | 10% | 15% | 10% | 40% | 15% | 17.1% | |
Communication (15%) | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 40% | 0% | 14.3% | |
Teamwork and self-reflection (5%) | 10% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 0% | 9.3% | |