2014
Raising the Bar for the Care of Seriously Ill Patients
Schaefer KG, Chittenden EH, Sullivan AM, Periyakoil VS, Morrison LJ, Carey EC, Sanchez-Reilly S, Block SD. Raising the Bar for the Care of Seriously Ill Patients. Academic Medicine 2014, 89: 1024-1031. PMID: 24979171, PMCID: PMC4077186, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000000271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative care competenciesPalliative care expertsCare competenciesCare expertsPain/symptom managementFM residentsPalliative care specialistsNational cross-sectional surveySeriously Ill PatientsPalliative care curriculumLife-threatening illnessQuality of careCross-sectional surveyNational surveyFamily medicine residentsMedical studentsPain managementIll patientsSymptom managementCare specialistsInternal medicineMedicine residentsCare curriculumResident competencyPatients
2012
A Required Third-Year Medical Student Palliative Care Curriculum Impacts Knowledge and Attitudes
Morrison LJ, Thompson BM, Gill AC. A Required Third-Year Medical Student Palliative Care Curriculum Impacts Knowledge and Attitudes. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2012, 15: 784-789. PMID: 22686121, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative care curriculumPatient experiencePalliative care educational interventionCare curriculumBetter patient outcomesClinical palliative carePalliative care workshopLife care trainingPain knowledgeMedical students' knowledgePalliative carePatient outcomesThanatophobia ScaleCrossover designCare workshopCare trainingIntervention componentsTime pointsEducational interventionMeasures ANOVAMeaningful outcomesThird-year medical studentsSignificant increaseSignificant interaction effectMonths