Integrating an end-of-life curriculum into the internal medicine clerkship.

Leslie, Bennett; Adams, Lorraine; Kutner, Jean S · J Palliat Med · 2002

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Abstract

To integrate an end-of-life curriculum into the third-year internal medicine clerkship via communication skills training with standardized patients and a community hospice experience. Clerkship directors identified a lack of exposure to end-of-life issues and hospice care as gaps in our third-year medical student curriculum. This curriculum was implemented to address these deficiencies.

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