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Article

Publication Date

5-17-2021

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This article is the author’s final published version in Palliative Medicine Reports, Volume 2, Issue 1, May 2022, Pages 132 - 136.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1089/pmr.2020.0097. Copyright © Thomas et al.

Abstract

Background: Adequate end-of-life (EOL) care/breaking-bad-news (BBN) discussions with patients are becoming increasingly essential to adequate patient care. Purpose: Whether a half-day workshop would lead to improved confidence in EOL/BBN care discussions for internal medicine interns. Methods: Internal medicine interns (n = 43) were assigned to participate in a half-day workshop at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. The workshop involved two standardized patient (SP) interactions involving delivering news of a terminal illness/initiating goals of care discussion with the intervention of SP feedback, a didactic and lecture on proper EOL/BBN discussion. Voluntary anonymous surveys before and after the workshop were utilized to assess impact. Results: A majority of interns felt more comfortable with leading EOL care/BBN discussions after the workshop and had a positive experience. Conclusions: A half-day curriculum is efficacious in educating EOL/BBN communication to internal medicine interns, but should be further assessed in a larger more standardized study involving an objective assessment.

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34223512

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English

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