Communication Quality Analysis of end-of-life discussions by clinicians

Allison Scott, Ph.D., Site PI/ Co-Investigator, will coordinate the investigation at the University of Kentucky site. Dr. Scott is an Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, Department of Communication. She will have overall responsibility for scientific oversight for the University of Kentucky site. She will coordinate the training of coders, supervise the coding process, and lead the analysis and reporting of coding data at the University of Kentucky. She will meet regularly with the research team at Hershey Medical Center via teleconferencing. Dr. Scott will assist with the interpretation of findings and dissemination of study results. Dr. Scott will commit 5% effort to this project during Year 1 and 10% effort during Year 2.