Teaching advance care planning to medical students with a computer-based decision aid

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Green, Michael J ^a   Levi, Benjamin H ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Computer based instruction; Medical student education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959496953     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0146-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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