Students must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of communication and the skills and attitudes that allow effective interactions with patients, families, healthcare workers, and others who affect the well-being of patients at the end of life. Students will be able to:
1. elicit, record, and present a whole patient assessment for a person with a life-threatening illness |
Family Practice |
| IPM-III |
| Neurology |
2. demonstrate appropriate skills and strategies for communication of goals of care with patients and their families (e.g. living will, DNR, donor programs) |
IPM-II |
| Family Practice |
| Neurology |
| Surgery |
| Third year competency exam |
3. demonstrate an understanding of the impact of life-threatening illness on patients and their families |
Behavioral Development |
| Neurology |
| Family Practice |
| Pediatrics |
| Medicine |
| Surgery |
4. demonstrate appropriate skills and strategies for communication during difficult situations, such as giving bad news |
IPM-II |
| Family Practice |
| IPM-III |
| Neurology |
| Obstetrics/Gynecology |
| Surgery |
| Third year competency exam |
5. demonstrate appropriate skills and strategies for developing advance directives with patients and their families |
IPM-II |
| Family Practice |
| IPM-III |
| Neurology |
| Surgery |
| Third year competency exam |
6. effectively communicate with patients and families in the face of sudden illness |
Neurology |
| Surgery |
7. demonstrate an understanding of how family, culture, and religious beliefs can influence healthcare decisions and outcomes at the end of life |
Behavioral Development |
| Pediatrics |
| Neurology |
| Surgery |
8. respectfully and effectively communicate issues of end of life patient care with non-physician healthcare workers, including clergy |
Medicine |
9. demonstrate appropriate techniques for collaborating with and teaching members of the healthcare team. |
Medicine |
