TY - JOUR
T1 - An interactive exercise in advance care planning for medical students
AU - Levi, Benjamin H.
AU - Wilkes, Michael
AU - Der-Martirosian, Claudia
AU - Latow, Polly
AU - Robinson, Mark
AU - Green, Michael J.
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Background: With the growing need to train medical professionals how to engage their patients in advance care planning, this study examines medical students' experience using an interactive, online decision aid to help consenting adults complete an advance directive. Methods: Third-year medical students at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) used an online, multimedia decision aid to help an adult discuss his or her wishes for medical treatment and create a formal advance directive for health care. Students then wrote essays about their experiences, and an iterative analysis was used for thematic categorization. Results: Four distinct thematic categories emerged from students' essays: 1) students' personal experiences with advance care planning; 2) participants' experiences; 3) recommendations for practice regarding advance care planning; and 4) feedback about the online decision aid. Conclusions: An interactive, online decision aid can play a meaningful role in educating medical professionals about advance care planning.
AB - Background: With the growing need to train medical professionals how to engage their patients in advance care planning, this study examines medical students' experience using an interactive, online decision aid to help consenting adults complete an advance directive. Methods: Third-year medical students at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) used an online, multimedia decision aid to help an adult discuss his or her wishes for medical treatment and create a formal advance directive for health care. Students then wrote essays about their experiences, and an iterative analysis was used for thematic categorization. Results: Four distinct thematic categories emerged from students' essays: 1) students' personal experiences with advance care planning; 2) participants' experiences; 3) recommendations for practice regarding advance care planning; and 4) feedback about the online decision aid. Conclusions: An interactive, online decision aid can play a meaningful role in educating medical professionals about advance care planning.
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U2 - 10.1089/jpm.2013.0039
DO - 10.1089/jpm.2013.0039
M3 - Article
C2 - 24175635
AN - SCOPUS:84890376530
SN - 1096-6218
VL - 16
SP - 1523
EP - 1527
JO - Journal of palliative medicine
JF - Journal of palliative medicine
IS - 12
ER -