Objective: To provide clinicians with evidence-based strategies to optimize the support of the
family of critically ill patients in the ICU. Methods: We used the Council of Medical Specialty …

Objectives: Palliative care is an interprofessional specialty as well as an approach to care by
all clinicians caring for patients with serious and complex illness. Unlike hospice, palliative …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Advance care discussions (ACD) occur infrequently or
are initiated late in the course of illness. Although data exist regarding barriers to ACD …

Over the past several decades, medical ethics has gained a solid foothold in medical
education and is now a required course in most medical schools. Although the field of …

Research on adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer has flourished over the past
decade, underscoring the unique medical and psychosocial needs of this vulnerable group …

Purpose The aim of this study was to develop an evidence-based communication skills
training workshop to improve the communication skills of critical care fellows. Materials and …

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of psychosocial
adaptations in parenting young children with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) from diagnosis through …

Challenges in Professional Supervision draws on the latest research and theory to explore
issues, trends and developments in supervision work. The provision of excellent supervision …

Objective To assess the educational value of improvisational actors in difficult conversation
simulations to teach communication and relational skills to interprofessional learners …

Abstract Purpose The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that healthcare
providers communicate information to patients in a truthful and developmentally appropriate …