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January 2006

Walsh K.  
How to assess your learning needs.
J R Soc Med. 2006 Jan; 99(1):29-31. 
PubMed ID: 16388053

 

November 2005

von Gunten CF, Ryndes T 
  The academic hospice.
Ann Intern Med 2005 Nov 1;143(9):655-8.
PubMed ID #16263888

 

October 2005

Browning DM, Solomon MZ 
The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative
Care: An Interdisciplinary Educational Approach
for Healthcare Professionals.
J Pediatr Nurs 2005 Oct;20(5):326-334.
PubMed ID: 16182092

 

Carmody S, Meier D, Billings JA, Weissman DE,
Arnold RM 
  Training of palliative medicine fellows: a
  report from the field.
J Palliat Med 2005 Oct;8(5):1005-15.
PubMed ID #16238513

 

Ogle KS, Mavis B, Thomason C
  Learning to Provide End-of-Life Care:
  Postgraduate Medical Training Programs
  in Michigan.
J Palliat Med 2005 Oct;8(5):987-97.
PubMed ID: 16238511 

 

Ross DD, Shpritz D, Hull MM, Goloubeva O
  Long-Term Evaluation of Required Coursework in
  Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Medical Students.
J Palliat Med 2005; Oct;8(5):962-974.
PubMed ID: 16238509

 

September 2005

Silverdale N, Katz J           
  The impact of a distance learning death and dying
course: An analysis of student self-reported changes.
Nurse Educ Today 2005 Sep 2
PubMed ID: 16143429

 

Galante JM, Bowles TL, Khatri VP, Schneider PD,
Goodnight JE Jr, Bold RJ
  Experience and attitudes of surgeons
  toward palliation in cancer.
Arch Surg 2005 Sep;140(9):873-8;
discussion 878-80.
PubMedID: 16172296

 

Brazil K.  Vohra JU.
Identifying educational needs in end-of-life care for staff and families of residents in care facilities.
International Journal of Palliative Nursing
11(9):475-80, 2005 Sep.

PubMed ID: 16215526

 

Block SD , Billings JA 
  Learning from the dying.
N Engl J Med 2005 Sep 29;353(13):1313-5.
PubMed ID: 16192474

 

August 2005

Johnson A., Jackson D
Using the arts and humanities to support learning about loss, suffering and death
Review - International Journal of Palliative
Nursing.  11(8):438-43, 2005 Aug.
PubMed ID: 16215521

 

Fisher J  
Greater collaboration needed for education,
training and equitable palliative care.
Int J Palliat Nurs 2005 Aug;11(8):431.
PubMed ID #16215519

 

Tulsky JA
Beyond Advance Directives: Importance of Communication Skills at the End of Life
JAMA 2005;294 359-365
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/294/3/359?etoc

Fineberg IC            
  Preparing professionals for family conferences in
palliative care: evaluation results of an
interdisciplinary approach.
J Palliat Med 2005 Aug;8(4):857-66.
PubMed ID: 16128661  

 

July 2005

de Haes H, Teunissen S  
Communication in palliative care: a review of recent literature.
Curr Opin Oncol 2005 Jul;17(4):345-50.
PubMed ID 15933465

 

Jackson VA, Sullivan AM, Gadmer NM, Seltzer D,
Mitchell AM, Lakoma MD, Arnold RM, Block SD
It was haunting...": Physicians' Descriptions
of Emotionally Powerful Patient Deaths"
Acad Med 2005 Jul;80(7):648-56.
PubMed ID: 15980081  

 

Gorman TE, Ahern SP, Wiseman J, Skrobik Y
Residents' End-of-Life Decision Making with
Adult Hospitalized Patients: A Review of
the Literature.
Acad Med 2005 Jul;80(7):622-33.
PubMed ID: 15980078

Ratanawongsa N, Teherani A, Hauer KE 
  Third-Year Medical Students' Experiences with Dying
  Patients during the Internal Medicine Clerkship: A
  Qualitative Study of the Informal Curriculum.
Acad Med 2005 Jul;80(7):641-7.

PubMed ID: 15980080

 

Rhodes-Kropf J, Carmody SS, Seltzer D,
Redinbaugh E, Gadmer N, Block SD, Arnold RM
This is just too awful; I just can't believe
I experienced that...": Medical Students'
Reactions to Their "Most Memorable" Patient
Death
Acad Med 2005 Jul;80(7):634-47.
PubMed ID: 15980079

 

Sullivan AM, Lakoma MD, Billings JA, Peters AS, Block SD 
  Teaching and Learning End-of-Life Care: Evaluation of
  a Faculty Development Program in Palliative Care.
Acad Med 2005 Jul;80(7):657-68.
PubMed ID: 15980082 

 

Han PK, Keranen LB, Lescisin DA, Arnold RM
  The Palliative Care Clinical Evaluation Exercise (CEX):
  An Experience-Based Intervention for Teaching End-of-Life
  Communication Skills.
Acad Med 2005 Jul;80(7):669-76.

PubMed ID: 15980083 

 

May 2005

MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE
Amy V. Blue, PhD, Carolyn Thiedke, MD, Alexander W., Chessman, MD, Donna H. Kern, MD, and Albert Keller, DMin
Applying Theory to Assess Cultural Competency
http://www.med-ed-online.org/volume10.htm#Res00129

 

von Gunten CF.  Twaddle M.  Preodor M.  Neely KJ.  Martinez
J.  Lyons J.
Evidence of improved knowledge and skills after an elective rotation in a hospice and palliative care program for internal medicine residents.
American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 
22(3):195-203, 2005  May-Jun.

PubMed ID#: 15909782

April 2005

Buss MK, Alexander GC, Switzer GE, Arnold RM  
Assessing competence of residents to discuss end-of-
life issues.
J Palliat Med 2005 Apr;8(2):363-71.

PubMed ID: 15890047  

 

Huffman JL.
Educating surgeons for the new golden hours: honing
the skills of palliative care.
Surgical Clinics of North America.  85(2):383-91, 2005 Apr.
PubMed ID: 15833479

 

Pan CX. Carmody S. Leipzig RM. Granieri E. Sullivan A.
Block SD.
Arnold RM.There is hope for the future: national survey
results reveal that geriatric medicine fellows are well-
educated in end-of-life care.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  53(4):705-10,
2005 Apr.

PubMed ID:15817021

 

Rosenbaum M
Pilot of a hospice-based elective to learn comfort with dying patients in undergraduate medical education
J Palliat Med 2005 Apr;8(2):344-53.
PubMedID ID: 15890045

 

Shunkwiler SM, Broderick A, Stansfield RB, Williams CM, Wilson CC, Olsen CH 
Dying, death, and medical education: student voices.
J Palliat Med 2005 Apr;8(2):372-81.
PubMedID: 15890048

 

Williams CM, Wilson CC, Olsen CH
  Dying, death, and medical education: student voices.
J Palliat Med 2005 Apr;8(2):372-81.
PubMed ID: 15890048