Student Assignments, Workshops and Resources
First Year
Student Assignments and Workshops:
- Introduction to end-of-life care workshop
Recommended Reading:
- Kuhl, D, Stanbrook M, Hebert P. What people want at the end of life. CMAJ 2010
- Rousseau, P. Caring for the dying: why is it so hard for physicians? West J Med 2001
- 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:
- Terminal and Hospice Care module
- Pre-Clinical Clerkship: hospice/palliative care experience
Recommended Reading:
- Our Best Judgement , Stephen Radwany, MD
- Understanding Palliative Care & Hospice: A Review for Primary Care Providers , Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH; Laura K. Rock, MD; and Ellen P. McCarthy, PhD, MPH
- Letting Go , Atul Gawande, MD, MPH
Clerkship Year
Student Assignments and Workshops:
- Overview of End-of-Life/ Palliative Care Training - Transition Week
- Ward Based End-of-Life (EOL) Care Assignment
- Interprofessional Palliative Care Online Cases & Workshops
- Suffering, Grief and Loss (Women and Children's Health clerkship)
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: