Background Reliance on surveys and qualitative studies of trainees to guide postgraduate
education about palliative and end of life (EOL) communication may lead to gaps in the …

Purpose Although interns are responsible for caring for dying patients, little is known about
end-of-life education and training, including communication skills, in US medical schools …

Background: Good communication at the end-of-life is important for patient outcomes and
satisfaction. However, many healthcare providers are hesitant to engage in these …

Limited attention to palliative care communication training is offered to medical students. In
this work, we pursued unfolding case responses and what they indicated about student …

Purpose: Multiple interventions have been developed to teach and improve internal
medicine residents' end-of-life communication skills, but have not been easily adaptable to …

Background: There has been an increasing need to address end of life (EOL) care and
palliative care in an era when measures to extend life for terminal illnesses are often …

Background Training in palliative and end-of-life care has been introduced in medical
education; however, the impact of such training and the retention of skills and knowledge …

Background: Improving communication training for primary palliative care using a required
palliative care rotation for internal medicine (IM) residents has not been assessed. Objective …

Purpose To pilot test the “Palliative Care Clinical Evaluation Exercise (CEX),” a new
experience-based intervention to teach communication skills in giving bad news and …

Background: The medical student experience of a clinical elective in palliative care (PC)
remains understudied. Reflective narrative interventions can help students hone narrative …