Open AccessEvaluating an Advance Care Planning Curriculum: a Lecture, a Game, a Patient, and an Essay
Author(s) -
Lauren Jodi Van Scoy,
Michael J. Green,
Rebecca L. Volpe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-019-00713-5
Subject(s) - curriculum , conversation , focus group , medical education , advance care planning , psychology , qualitative property , end of life care , qualitative research , medicine , pedagogy , nursing , computer science , sociology , palliative care , social science , communication , machine learning , anthropology
Curricula on advance care planning are commonly absent or inadequate in the majority of medical schools. This study assessed an advance care planning mini-curriculum involving a lecture, an end-of-life conversation game, a patient encounter during which students facilitated completion of an advance directive, and a subsequent reflective essay.