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Filling a Gap: Creating an Elective on Tough Conversations & End of Life Care

Rose Milando & Natalia Perez
Exploring Our Content Student Perspectives
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Enhancing PA Education: Integrating Aquifer Cases for Palliative and Geriatric Care

Laurel Miller, PA-C
Curriculum Planning
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April 23, 2020 |

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Enhancing PA Education: Integrating Aquifer Cases for Palliative and Geriatric Care

February 28, 2024 |

By: Laurel Miller, PA-C | Assistant Professor – Directo … Read more

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Filling a Gap: Creating an Elective on Tough Conversations & End of Life Care

July 8, 2020 | Exploring Our Content

Medical schools have always worked hard to provide fourth-year students with clinical knowledge. But far less time is dedicated to effective, delicately nuanced conversations about diagnoses and prognoses with patients and their families. This gap isn’t new, but it’s being exacerbated by the pandemic. In response, we created an online elective dedicated entirely to learning, thinking about, and practicing these difficult communication skills.

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