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Implementing Change in End of Life Education

Implementing Change in End of Life Education. Karen Bauer, MSII University of Chicago- Pritzker School of Medicine. Current Curriculum. MSI Doctor-Patient Relationship: Medical Ethics Course 1 Lecture devoted to End of Life care 1 Discussion in small groups. Current Curriculum. MSII

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Implementing Change in End of Life Education

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  1. Implementing Change in End of Life Education Karen Bauer, MSII University of Chicago- Pritzker School of Medicine

  2. Current Curriculum • MSI • Doctor-Patient Relationship: Medical Ethics Course • 1 Lecture devoted to End of Life care • 1 Discussion in small groups

  3. Current Curriculum • MSII • Clinical Skills Course • Delivering bad news

  4. Current Curriculum • MSIII • Limited to education from medical team on the wards

  5. Current Curriculum • MSIV • Electives available • Complementary and Alternative Medicine • Pediatric Palliative Care • A Comprehensive Introduction to End of Life Care: Medicine, ethics, and obstacles to a “Better Death”

  6. Goals for educational change • Provide exposure to all medical students in End of Life care • Stress the importance of End of Life Care in all areas of medicine

  7. Current opportunities for change • Pritzker Initiative: A Curriculum for the 21st Century • Curriculum Review Committee • University of Chicago Hospital Palliative Care Consult Team • Begins Fall 2006

  8. Steps to meet these goals • End of Life Interest Group • Student group sponsored through Pritzker’s Dean’s Council • Allow access to valuable resources • Panel Discussions on End of Life • Allow Medical students exposure to physicians at U of C who are interested in this area

  9. Steps to meet these goals • Palliative Care consult team • Allow Medical Students to round with the team

  10. Implementation Timeline • EOL Interest Group • Begin Fall 2006 • EOL Panel Discussions • Begin Fall 2006 • Rounds with Palliative Care Team • Begin Winter Quarter 2006

  11. Questions?

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