Are you a Primary Care Provider and interested in Advance Care Planning (ACP)? 

Are you having ACP discussions with your patients or would you like to have them? 

We would greatly appreciate your participation in this study addressing issues around Advance Care Planning in primary care. 

We define Advance Care Planning (ACP) as a communication process wherein people prepare for future medical decisions, particularly when they cannot make decisions for themselves. Ideally, all capable adults should do ACP, but it is especially beneficial for patients diagnosed with chronic or life-limiting illnesses.

About the Study 

This project aims to explore perspectives of Primary Care Providers on ACP and community-led ACP activities. In this questionnaire, we are specifically interested in your perception as a Primary Care Provider of:

1.  ACP in general and your engagement in ACP in your practice,

2.  Potential barriers and facilitators of ACP engagement, and

3.  The role of community-led ACP activities, and their integration with primary care.

Your participation will provide essential information on the perspectives of Primary Care Providers on these topics, allowing us to understand how to better support you and your patients to engage in ACP. Your responses will be recorded anonymously.

What’s involved? 

All you need to do is to participate in an online questionnaire that will take approximately 7-10 minutes to complete. Follow this link to the survey: https://primary_care_provider_ACP_engagement_survey 

In appreciation of your time 

We greatly appreciate your participation and understand that your time is valuable. Therefore, we would like to show our gratitude for your participation by providing a Gift Card of your choice for Tim Hortons, Starbucks or Amazon.ca (electronic claim code), provided through an external link that is not associated with your survey responses (gift cards with a value of $15 are available to the first 150 respondents).

How do I get more information? 

Please contact Monika Ludwig (PhD), Research Coordinator at the BC Centre for Palliative Care, mludwig@bc-cpc.ca. She can answer any questions or concerns.

Thank you in advance, 

Dr. Doris Barwich MD, CCFP(PC), Principal Investigator

Clinical Associate Professor UBC Division of Palliative Care

 

UBC Ethics Approval Number for this study: H20-03993