End-of-Life Care: A Multimodal and Comprehensive Curriculum for Graduating Medical Students Utilizing Experiential Learning Opportunities
Introduction End-of-life (EOL) care is an essential skill for most physicians and health care providers, yet there continues to be an educational gap in medical education literature for these skills. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine developed the Transition to Residency, Internship, and Preparat...
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| description | Introduction End-of-life (EOL) care is an essential skill for most physicians and health care providers, yet there continues to be an educational gap in medical education literature for these skills. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine developed the Transition to Residency, Internship, and Preparation for Life Events (TRIPLE) curriculum with the primary goal of preparing graduating medical students for life after medical school. Methods The EOL module was one of many within the TRIPLE curriculum and consisted of two half-day sessions that targeted EOL care, death, dying, and communication skills. The first half-day session focused on a standardized patient encounter where learners initiated and completed an EOL care goals conversation around a living will. The second half-day session focused on death and dying. It included didactic sessions on organ donation, autopsy/death certificates, a simulation-based learning session on ending a resuscitation, and a standardized patient encounter where learners disclosed the death of a loved one. End-of-day and end-of-course evaluations were collected via anonymous online surveys. Results In 2019, 120 students and 26 instructors participated in TRIPLE. Students rated the EOL module overall as 4.6 of 5 (SD = 0.6) and rated instructors overall as 4.6 of 5 (SD = 0.6). Discussion By implementing a thorough and diverse curriculum with a variety of modalities and targeted skills, learners may be better prepared to care for patients dealing with EOL care issues. Further, the generalization of these skills may assist learners in a variety of other aspects of patient and family care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd76148ad3df4a4a87b1f1cfb54813142022-12-21T19:08:10ZengAssociation of American Medical CollegesMedEdPORTAL2374-82652021-04-011710.15766/mep_2374-8265.11149End-of-Life Care: A Multimodal and Comprehensive Curriculum for Graduating Medical Students Utilizing Experiential Learning OpportunitiesJustin M. Jeffers0Sharon Bord1Jody E. Hooper2Carol Fleishman3Danelle Cayea4Brian Garibaldi5Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineAssistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Co-Director, Transition to Residency, Internship, and Preparation for Life Events (TRIPLE)Associate Professor and Director of Autopsy, Department of Pathology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineSenior Simulation Educator, Johns Hopkins Medical Simulation; Standardized Patient Lead, TRIPLEAssociate Professor, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineAssociate Professor, Department of Medicine and Physiology, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Co-Director, TRIPLEIntroduction End-of-life (EOL) care is an essential skill for most physicians and health care providers, yet there continues to be an educational gap in medical education literature for these skills. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine developed the Transition to Residency, Internship, and Preparation for Life Events (TRIPLE) curriculum with the primary goal of preparing graduating medical students for life after medical school. Methods The EOL module was one of many within the TRIPLE curriculum and consisted of two half-day sessions that targeted EOL care, death, dying, and communication skills. The first half-day session focused on a standardized patient encounter where learners initiated and completed an EOL care goals conversation around a living will. The second half-day session focused on death and dying. It included didactic sessions on organ donation, autopsy/death certificates, a simulation-based learning session on ending a resuscitation, and a standardized patient encounter where learners disclosed the death of a loved one. End-of-day and end-of-course evaluations were collected via anonymous online surveys. Results In 2019, 120 students and 26 instructors participated in TRIPLE. Students rated the EOL module overall as 4.6 of 5 (SD = 0.6) and rated instructors overall as 4.6 of 5 (SD = 0.6). Discussion By implementing a thorough and diverse curriculum with a variety of modalities and targeted skills, learners may be better prepared to care for patients dealing with EOL care issues. Further, the generalization of these skills may assist learners in a variety of other aspects of patient and family care.http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11149Palliative CareEnd-of-Life CareStandardized PatientsSimulationCritical Care |
| spellingShingle | Justin M. Jeffers Sharon Bord Jody E. Hooper Carol Fleishman Danelle Cayea Brian Garibaldi End-of-Life Care: A Multimodal and Comprehensive Curriculum for Graduating Medical Students Utilizing Experiential Learning Opportunities MedEdPORTAL Palliative Care End-of-Life Care Standardized Patients Simulation Critical Care |
| title | End-of-Life Care: A Multimodal and Comprehensive Curriculum for Graduating Medical Students Utilizing Experiential Learning Opportunities |
| title_full | End-of-Life Care: A Multimodal and Comprehensive Curriculum for Graduating Medical Students Utilizing Experiential Learning Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | End-of-Life Care: A Multimodal and Comprehensive Curriculum for Graduating Medical Students Utilizing Experiential Learning Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | End-of-Life Care: A Multimodal and Comprehensive Curriculum for Graduating Medical Students Utilizing Experiential Learning Opportunities |
| title_short | End-of-Life Care: A Multimodal and Comprehensive Curriculum for Graduating Medical Students Utilizing Experiential Learning Opportunities |
| title_sort | end of life care a multimodal and comprehensive curriculum for graduating medical students utilizing experiential learning opportunities |
| topic | Palliative Care End-of-Life Care Standardized Patients Simulation Critical Care |
| url | http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11149 |
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