Skip to main content

Table 4 Items of the outcome-based assessment

From: Handling the desire to die– evaluation of an elective course for medical students

Question

Wording

Competence

1

I believe that dealing with patients’ desire to die is an important issue in my future professional work.

attitude

2

I am aware of my own attitude to the issue of desire to die.

attitude

3

I can reflect on the influence of norms and values on my attitude towards the desire to die.

skills

4

I have the confidence to proactively address a desire to die with patients.

skills

5

I can perceive and recognise a desire to die expressed by patients.

skills

6

I experience expressions of a desire to die by patients as burdensome.

attitude

7

I recognise the different functions of a desire to die.

knowledge

8

I know about the meaning and reasons of a desire to die.

knowledge

9

I know the legal basis of assisted dying in Germany.

knowledge

10

I am able to define the different forms of assisted dying.

knowledge

11

I know my resilience resources.

skills

12

I know symptoms that belong to the final phase of dying.

knowledge

13

I trust myself to care for a patient with a desire to die.

skills