OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of high-fidelity simulation on pharmacy students' attitudes and perceived competencies in providing end-of-life care in an interdisciplinary palliative care course. DESIGN: Thirty pharmacy students participated in a high-fidelity simulation of the 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after the death of a patient with end-stage renal disease. ASSESSMENT: Students completed the Attitudes Toward Death Survey and the End of Life Competency Survey prior to and after experiencing the simulation. A reflections journal exercise was used to capture post-simulation subjective reactions, and a course evaluation was used to assess students' satisfaction with the simulation experience. Students' post-simulation attitudes toward death significantly improved compared to pre-simulation attitudes and they felt significantly more competent to take care of dying patients. Students were satisfied with this teaching method. CONCLUSION: High-fidelity simulation is an innovative way to challenge pharmacy students' attitudes and help them with knowledge acquisition about end-of-life care.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of high-fidelity simulation on pharmacy students' attitudes and perceived competencies in providing end-of-life care in an interdisciplinary palliative care course. DESIGN: Thirty pharmacy students participated in a high-fidelity simulation of the 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after the death of a patient with end-stage renal disease. ASSESSMENT: Students completed the Attitudes Toward Death Survey and the End of Life Competency Survey prior to and after experiencing the simulation. A reflections journal exercise was used to capture post-simulation subjective reactions, and a course evaluation was used to assess students' satisfaction with the simulation experience. Students' post-simulation attitudes toward death significantly improved compared to pre-simulation attitudes and they felt significantly more competent to take care of dying patients. Students were satisfied with this teaching method. CONCLUSION: High-fidelity simulation is an innovative way to challenge pharmacy students' attitudes and help them with knowledge acquisition about end-of-life care.
Authors: Rosemarie Fernandez; Dennis Parker; James S Kalus; Douglas Miller; Scott Compton Journal: Am J Pharm Educ Date: 2007-06-15 Impact factor: 2.047
Authors: Eric F Egelund; Jane Gannon; Carol Motycka; W Thomas Smith; Dale F Kraemer; Kathleen H Solomon Journal: Am J Pharm Educ Date: 2019-05 Impact factor: 2.047