Delivering Difficult News and Improving Family Communication: Simulation for Neonatal-Perinatal Fellows.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This 3-hour simulation module provides a safe situation for neonatal-perinatal fellows to learn communication techniques and develop skills for delivering difficult news to patients' families. These skills are critical for a practicing neonatologist in an academic or private-practice setting yet are often underrepresented in the educational content of training programs. This module is intended for fellows who have had basic communication skills instruction, as well as interactions with parents as part of their pediatric residency training.

Methods

The fellows practice delivering difficult news by interacting with standardized parents in scenarios designed for one to three learners at a time. Each scenario runs for approximately 10 to 15 minutes and is followed b

SUBMITTER: Janice-Woods Reed D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6464477 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature