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PERSPECTIVES ON MEDICAL EDUCATION
卷 7, 期 5, 页码 325-331出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s40037-018-0447-4
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End-of-life care; Medical education; National blueprint
IntroductionFuture doctors must be trained in giving appropriate care to terminal patients. In several countries, medical curricula have been reviewed for the attention devoted to end-of-life care (ELC). In the Netherlands, no formal review had been performed. Therefore, the aim of this study was to provide an overview of the Dutch medical curricula regarding ELC.MethodsWe formed achecklist based on international standards consisting of five domains of ELC education that are considered essential. Firstly, we studied the Dutch national blueprint on medical education. Secondly, using aquestionnaire based on the checklist we studied the curricula of the eight medical faculties. Aquestionnaire was sent to all Dutch medical faculties to study the compulsory courses of the curricula. To assess the elective courses, we consulted the study guides.ResultsThe national blueprint included four of the five domains of ELC. None of the eight medical faculties taught all domains specifically on ELC; they were taught within other courses. Most attention was given to the domains on psychological, sociological, cultural and spiritual aspects; communication and conversational techniques; and juridical and ethical aspects. One faculty taught an elective course that included all essential aspects of the international standards.DiscussionOur study shows that ELC is currently insufficiently mentioned in the national blueprint and that none of the faculties fully integrated ELC as apart of their compulsory medical curricula. To improve ELC education, we recommend the Dutch Federation of University Medical Centres to add the five ELC domains to the national blueprint and we recommend the medical faculties to review their curricula and offer aseparate and compulsory course on ELC to prepare their students for their future medical practice.
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