Death Cafe conversations: evaluating the educational potential for university students in palliative care teaching.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discussing death, particularly among future healthcare professionals, remains a challenge. The "Death Café" initiative offers a relaxed setting for such conversations, and this study investigates its educational potential for medical students.

Objectives

To assess the effectiveness of "Death Café" as an educational tool for medical students in palliative care, and to understand students' perceptions and reflections on death and end-of-life topics post-participation.

Design

An exploratory qualitative design was employed, analyzing reflections submitted by medical students following voluntary participation in a Death Café session.

Methods

Medical students from a course on palliative care participated in the "Death Café," a structured yet informal discu

SUBMITTER: Borque I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503842 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature