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As a process of implementation, capacity building with a nationwide cascade model training has been started with medical officers (M.O.s) at the district levels.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n A cross-sectional study was conducted from February to April 2024 amongst 260 M.O.s of four randomly selected districts of West Bengal. A semi-structured and validated questionnaire containing single-answer multiple-choice questions with a maximum score of 30 was used for pre- and post-training assessment. Digital death survey 2024 (open) was used for assessing digital legacy and end-of-life care planning.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n Paired t-test showed a significant difference (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.05) in mean scores of pre- and post-training. The univariate general linear model showed 69% of unmet training need. 202 (77.7%), 241 (92.7%), 217 (83.5%), and 258 (99.2%) expressed their unfamiliarity with digital legacy, assets, death and immortality, respectively. None was found to document wishes for end-of-life medical and\/or social care in advance or an anticipatory care plan.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n Periodic training of M.O.s is an exigency for smooth running of NPPC and integration of palliative care in primary health care.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.25259\/ijpc_86_2025","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,4]],"date-time":"2025-12-04T10:13:21Z","timestamp":1764843201000},"page":"60-64","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25259\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Assessment of Training Need for National Program for Palliative Care and Digital Legacy Planning among Medical Officers of an Eastern State of India"],"prefix":"10.25259","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Satabdi","family":"Mitra","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amit Kanti","family":"Sarkar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"OncoLink Palliative Care Hospital, Nadia, West Bengal, India,"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"10894","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"10.25259\/IJPC_86_2025\/ref-1","article-title":"Cancer: WHO Definition of Palliative Care","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2019"},{"key":"10.25259\/IJPC_86_2025\/ref-2","article-title":"Global Burden of Disease Study","author":"Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network","year":"2019","journal-title":"Results (2020 Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation-IHME)"},{"key":"10.25259\/IJPC_86_2025\/ref-3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2088","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(18)31123-1","article-title":"Health-related suffering: From lancet commission to declaration","volume":"391","author":"Knaul","year":"2018","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"10.25259\/IJPC_86_2025\/ref-5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"106","DOI":"10.1177\/0269216317716060","article-title":"National palliative care capacities around the world: results from the world health organization non-communicable disease country capacity survey","volume":"32","author":"Sharkey","year":"2018","journal-title":"Palliat Med"},{"key":"10.25259\/IJPC_86_2025\/ref-6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"139","DOI":"10.4103\/IJPC.IJPC_216_17","article-title":"Exploring education and training needs in palliative care among family physicians in Mumbai: A qualitative study","volume":"24","author":"Damani","year":"2018","journal-title":"Indian J Palliat Care"},{"key":"10.25259\/IJPC_86_2025\/ref-7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"357","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-publhealth-032315-021448","article-title":"Opportunities for palliative care in public health","volume":"37","author":"De Lima","year":"2016","journal-title":"Annu Rev Public Health"},{"key":"10.25259\/IJPC_86_2025\/ref-8","author":"Arias-Casais","year":"2019"},{"key":"10.25259\/IJPC_86_2025\/ref-9","first-page":"19","article-title":"Palliative care training addressed to hospital healthcare professionals by palliative care specialists: A mixed-method evaluation","volume":"23","author":"Artioli","year":"2024","journal-title":"BMC Palliat Care"},{"key":"10.25259\/IJPC_86_2025\/ref-10","article-title":"Strengthening of palliative care as a component of integrated treatment throughout the life course: report by the secretariat. 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