Training Pediatric Fellows in Palliative Care: A Pilot Comparison of Simulation Training and Didactic Education

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1074-1084

  Brock, Katharine E ^a,b   Cohen, Harvey J ^c   Sourkes, Barbara M ^c   Good, Julie J ^c   Halamek, Louis P ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; end of life; medical education; palliative care; pediatric fellows; pediatrics; simulation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; COMFORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEONATOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATION TRAINING; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; SIMULATION TRAINING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 85030241181     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0556     Document Type: Article

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