Student Resources
First Year
Student Assignments and Workshops:
Recommended Reading:
- Lo B, Quill T, Tulsky. Discussing Palliative Care with Patients. Ann Intern Med 1999
- Parker PA. Caring for Patients at the End-of-Life: Reflections after 12 years of Practice. Ann Intern Med 2002
Second Year
Student Assignments and Workshops:
Recommended Reading:
- Lo B, Quill T, Tulsky. Discussing Palliative Care with Patients. Ann Intern Med 1999
- Lynn J. Serving Patients Who May Die Soon and Their Families.JAMA 2001
Third Year
Student Assignments and Workshops:
- End-of-Life Care on the Wards-transition week
- Ward-based End-of-Life Care Exercise
(Psychiatry Clerkship) - Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Online Cases & Workshops (Med 1, II, ED)
- Pain Management Drug Therapy Workshop PowerPoint (Med I)
Recommended Reading:
- Balaban. A Physicians Guide to Talking About End-of-Life Care. JGIM 2000
- Morrison, Meier. Palliative Care. NEJM 2004
- Communication Phrases Near End-of-Life
- McCrawley, et al. Strategies for Culturally Effective End-of-Life Care. Ann. IM 2002
- Siegel, M. End-of-Life Decision Making. Clin. Chest 2009
Fourth Year
Student Assignments and Workshops:
- Connecticut Hospice: Elective in Advanced Symptom Management
- ICM Session: DNR orders, death pronouncement and notification
Recommended Reading:


