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AMSA End of Life Fellowship

AMSA End of Life Fellowship. Final Presentation Kristen Barry M2 Rush Medical College July 29 th , 2005. What is a good death?. Objectives. To expose and educate Rush Medical College Students in issues that arise in end of life care. To educate students about hospice and palliative care.

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AMSA End of Life Fellowship

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  1. AMSA End of Life Fellowship Final Presentation Kristen Barry M2 Rush Medical College July 29th, 2005

  2. What is a good death?

  3. Objectives • To expose and educate Rush Medical College Students in issues that arise in end of life care. • To educate students about hospice and palliative care. • To provide opportunities for students to shadow hospice and palliative care physicians.

  4. End of Life Care Education Present at Rush • Advance Directive discussion in first year Ethics • Students must write their own Advance Directive for their final in ethics • Death and Dying lecture in Behavioral Science • Communicating Bad News workshop during third year

  5. Future Plans • Death and Dying Interest Group • Lunch lectures for End of Life Care Week • Connections with other groups at Rush

  6. Future Plans • Death and Dying Interest Group • Opportunities for shadowing • Workshops to practice communicating bad news • Interdisciplinary panel discussions

  7. Future Plans • Lunch Lectures for End of Life Care Week • Coordinated with ethics discussion of Advance Directives • Possible topics • Introduction to Hospice/Palliative Care • Pain Management • Wit video • Ethics and End of Life Care • Communicating Bad News • Physician Assisted Suicide

  8. Future Plans • Connections with other groups • Geriatrics Interest Group • Rush Hospice and Palliative Care Team • Rush chaplains • Other area medical schools

  9. Thanks! • Horizon • Dr. Marschke • Heartland Hospice • All nurses, social workers, chaplains, and physicians who took us on visits • AMSA • Fellow Students

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