A Study on the Dying Well Education Expert Training Course For Professional Instructors Shim Moon-Sook1, Lee Moo-Sik2, Lee Chong Hyung3, Lim Hyo Nam1, Lee Seo-Hui4, Kim Kwang-Hwan3,* 1College of Nursing, The Graduate School of Public Health & Welfare, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 35365, Korea 2College of Medicine, The Graduate School of Public Health & Welfare, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 35365, Korea 3Dept. of Hospital Management, The Graduate School of Public Health & Welfare, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 35365, Korea 4Dept. of Public Health, The Graduate School of Public Health & Welfare, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 35365, Korea *Corresponding Author: Kwang-Hwan Kim, Professor, Dept. of Hospital Management, Konyang University, Korea. Email: kkh@konyang.ac.kr
Online published on 24 April, 2019. Abstract Background/Objectives This study was conducted in order to determine the validity of developing a license system for qualified dying well education training experts by identifying the need of the dying well education and license system. Method/Statistical Analysis A survey was conducted from April 20 to May 20, 2018 for 54 professional lecturers who completed the education course for training dying well instructors, and the statistical program R was used for the analysis. All items in the questionnaire except the general characteristics of subjects were composed of 4-point Likert scale(“Very unnecessary” was 1point, “unnecessary” was 2 points, “necessary” was 3 points, and “Very necessary” was 4 points.). Findings According to the result of measuring the need for dying well education expert license education contents, the average score for each subject was found to be as follows: Thanatology 3.40 points(± 0.63), care for terminally ill patients (hospice) 3.56 points(± 0.56), communication 3.38 points (± 0.59). Improvements/Applications In the future, it is necessary to provide systematic and integrated death education through the training of qualified education experts and the composition of subjects according to the necessities of the curriculum of the professional dying well education. Top Keywords Dying well, Dying well Education, Expert Training Course, professional instructors, the training of experts. Top |