Integrating an end-of-life curriculum into the internal medicine clerkship

J Palliat Med. 2002 Oct;5(5):752-3. doi: 10.1089/109662102320880615.

Abstract

Objective: To integrate an end-of-life curriculum into the third-year internal medicine clerkship via communication skills training with standardized patients and a community hospice experience.

Description: Clerkship directors identified a lack of exposure to end-of-life issues and hospice care as gaps in our third-year medical student curriculum. This curriculum was implemented to address these deficiencies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Clerkship / organization & administration*
  • Curriculum
  • Humans
  • Internal Medicine / education*
  • Palliative Care*