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Medical students talking to hospice patients
Author(s) -
Gadoud Amy,
Jones Lesley,
Johnson Miriam,
Adcock Yousef,
Arolker Milind,
Barnes Julia
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the clinical teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1743-498X
pISSN - 1743-4971
DOI - 10.1111/j.1743-498x.2011.00513.x
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , palliative care , medical education , hospice care , resource (disambiguation) , qualitative research , medicine , psychology , nursing , sociology , computer network , social science , political science , computer science , law
Summary Background: All newly qualified doctors will look after patients in the last stages of life. Context: This article is a review of the literature regarding medical students learning from hospice patients, focusing on practical concerns of relevance to those involved in organising or conducting medical student teaching. Innovation: Medical students have increasing opportunities to learn about palliative care from talking to patients in a hospice. This resource is not fully utilised, in part because of concerns about patient and student welfare. These concerns are not supported by current research findings, including a qualitative interview study of patients and staff. Implications: We would encourage course coordinators to use opportunities for medical students to talk to hospice patients in order to enhance the education of medical students.