Using simulation as a learning experience in clinical teams to learn about palliative and end of life care: A literature review

Simulation has been shown to improve the preparedness of practitioners in acute care. In this review, the authors evaluate using simulation to prepare practitioners to deliver palliative care in multidisciplinary teams. The Joanna Briggs Institute approach was used and seventeen studies selected. The thematic analysis of the literature fitted well with Gabby, Le May, Connell, and Klein’s (2014 Gabby, J., Le May, A., Connell, C., & Klein, J. H. (2014). Skilled for improvement? Learning communities and the skills needed to improve care: An evaluative service development. London, England: Health Foundation. [Google Scholar]) pyramid approach to health improvement suggesting that simulation can be used in teams to learn technical, soft and learning skills of delivering palliative care. The analysis does not indicate how learning each of these skills interacts nor if simulations in teams should be repeated, or how often