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Setup and Execution of the Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Death Notification Curriculum
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[Helping medical students to approach death]
M-A Bornet1, S Kasser2, J-P Hornung3
1Doctors and Death Lausanne, CHUV, Lausanne. marc-antoine.bornet@unil.ch
Revue Medicale Suisse
|December 21, 2013
Summary
This new program in Lausanne helps medical students confront mortality during anatomy and clinical studies. It aims to foster humanized medical practice by addressing existential questions about death.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Thanatology
- Bioethics
Context:
- Medical training often overlooks the existential impact of death on students.
- Existential questions regarding mortality are inherent in medical studies.
- A student association requested a curriculum to address these issues.
Purpose:
- To introduce an approach for confronting death during medical education.
- To develop an accompanying curriculum for students at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of Lausanne.
- To integrate active student participation in confronting death in academic and clinical settings.
Summary:
- A novel program at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of Lausanne facilitates student engagement with mortality.
- The curriculum incorporates encounters with death during anatomy dissections and clinical activities.
- This initiative is the first of its kind in Switzerland, addressing a critical aspect of medical training.
Impact:
- Enhances the humanization of clinical practice by preparing students for the realities of death.
- Provides a unique educational framework for medical students in Switzerland.
- Promotes a more comprehensive and empathetic approach to patient care through early exposure to mortality-related issues.
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