Effect of an educational program on medical students' conversations with patients about advance directives: a randomized trial

Advance directives, such as the durable power of attorney for health care (DPAHC), help patients and physicians make end-of-life health care decisions. Medical education should prepare student physicians to be knowledgeable about and comfortable with discussing advance directives. The authors develo...

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Published in:Journal of general internal medicine 1993-12, Vol.8 (12), p.683-685
Main Authors: GREENBERG, J. M, DOBLIN, B. H, SHAPIRO, D. W, LINN, L. S, WENGER, N. S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Advance Directives
Analysis of Variance
Bioethics
Biological and medical sciences
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Physician-Patient Relations
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Students, Medical
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation
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Summary:Advance directives, such as the durable power of attorney for health care (DPAHC), help patients and physicians make end-of-life health care decisions. Medical education should prepare student physicians to be knowledgeable about and comfortable with discussing advance directives. The authors developed an educational module for the third-year medical school curriculum and conducted a randomized trial to evaluate in students its effect on various outcome measures regarding the DPAHC. Over a six-week period, students who received written material about the DPAHC and a two-hour seminar significantly increased knowledge about and reported increased skill, comfort, and experience with the DPAHC.
ISSN:0884-8734
1525-1497
DOI:10.1007/BF02598288