Mission statement: Upon graduation, medical students will have acquired the foundational knowledge, skills and inspiration ton engage as residents in goal-ariented conversations with seriously ill patients, with commitment to lifelong learning and deliberate practice |
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Competency #1: Explores patient and family understanding of illness, concerns, values, and goals in order to develop goal-concordant treatment palns across settings of care |
Competency #2: Demonstrates effective approaches to exploring and responding to strong emotions in patients and families facing serious illness |
Competency #3: Applies a patient-centered framework to sharing difficult news, exploring pain and symptom burden, assessing prognostic awareness, discussing resuscitation preferences, and describing care at end of life |
Competency #4: Demonstrates awareness of one’s own emotions and attitudes, and coping strategies for managing stress and uncertainty when caring for seriously ill patients |
Competency #5: Defines and explains the philosophy and role of palliative care and differentiates hospice from palliative care |