Table 2.

Feedback from pre- and post-training and 3-month follow-up questionnaires

		Pre-course, n=132	Immediately post-course, n=132	3 months post-course, n=59
Prior training in ACP, %	Yes	28	n/a	n/a
	No	72	n/a	n/a
Confidence in initiating ACP (from 1=poor to 5=very good)	Mean	2.8	4.1	3.8
	Median	3	4	4
Understanding of when ACP is appropriate (timing), %	Yes	70	100	100
	No	25	0	0
	Unanswered	5	0	0
Main barriers to ACP, %	Worries about upsetting patients/families	65	24	25
	Not enough time	55	56	45
	Not feeling confident	47	12	15
	Not feeling it is appropriate	26	13	17
	Other	12	11	19
	Lack of opportunity	0	0	31
Frequency of ACP conversations, %	At least weekly	24	n/a	24
	Monthly	24	n/a	34
	Every few months	30	n/a	25
	Yearly or less	17	n/a	9
	Other	5	n/a	8
Whose responsibility did they think it is to have these conversations, %	GP	10	n/a	n/a
	Consultant	8	n/a	n/a
	Junior doctor	6	n/a	n/a
	Nurse	0.8	n/a	n/a
	Any of these	88	n/a	n/a
	Other	2	n/a	n/a
	Unanswered	0.8	n/a	n/a
Had there been a change in their practice following this training, %	Yes	n/a	98	86
	No	n/a	1.5	14
	Unanswered	n/a	0.5	0
Would they recommend simulation to teach ACP, %	Yes	n/a	100	100
Would they recommend simulation to teach ACP, %	No	n/a	0	0
Would they recommend the MDT approach to this ACP simulation, %	Yes	n/a	100	100
	No	n/a	0	0

ACP = advance care planning; GP = general practitioner; MDT = multidisciplinary team.