Table 1 Learning objectives of the elective course
From: Handling the desire to die– evaluation of an elective course for medical students
knowledge | The participants… • know about the complexity of desire to die • know about the background like reasons or suffering, that can lie behind such thoughts in affected patients • know how to react to such wishes and about possible interventions • know the different types of assisted dying • are able to evaluate different expressions of a desire to die and relate them to the background of the situation • know about the importance of involving relatives • know the current scientific perspective on the phenomenon of the desire to die • know possible symptoms of the final phase |
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skills | • recognise a possible desire to die in patients’ statements • can react to the expression of the wishes • can talk to patients about their desire to die • are able to start a conversation about possible desire to die • can interpret and understand patients’ fears better • are able to protect themselves |
attitude | • are aware of their own values and norms in relation to dealing with a desire to die • are aware that their own values and norms can have an influence on their own attitude and thus on how they handle a desire to die • are able to adopt an open attitude towards handling a desire to die • are able to perceive their own strengths and weaknesses in handling a desire to die • are capable of self-reflection |