scholarly journals Medical students' attitudes towards breaking bad news: an empirical test of the World Health Organization model

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 398-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. De Valck ◽  
J. Bensing ◽  
R. Bruynooghe
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Bad News ◽  
World Health ◽  
Breaking Bad News ◽  
Organization Model ◽  
Breaking Bad ◽  
The World ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals Breaking bad news to cancer patients in times of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Hauk ◽  
Jürg Bernhard ◽  
Meghan McConnell ◽  
Benny Wohlfarth
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Bad News ◽  
World Health ◽  
Breaking Bad News ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Breaking Bad ◽  
Adjustment To Illness ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractBreaking bad news is a mandatory provision in the professional life of nearly every physician. One of its most frequent occasions is the diagnosis of malignancy. Responding to the recipients’ emotions is a critical issue in the delivery of unsettling information, and has an impact on the patient’s trust in the treating physician, adjustment to illness and ultimately treatment. Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, several measures of social distancing and isolation have been introduced to our clinical setting. In the wake of these restrictions, it is important to reexamine existing communication guidelines to determine their applicability to face-to-face counseling in the context of social distancing, as well as to new communication technologies, such as telemedicine. We address these issues and discuss strategies to convey bad news the most empathetic and comprehensible way possible.

scholarly journals What so Medical Students Need to Know About Trauma and Orthopaedics ? A Cross-Sectional, Multispecialty Study of the Views of Senior Doctors

2013 ◽  
Vol 95 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
AM Ali ◽  
CK Bulstrode
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Repeated Calls ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Musculoskeletal Examination ◽  
School Curricula

Recent years have seen repeated calls for improved education in musculoskeletal medicine both for medical students and doctors, with organisations ranging from individual medical schools to the World Health Organization raising concern. A study in ireland, for example, found that 88 per cent of medical students and 71 per cent of general practitioners (GPs) failed a validated musculoskeletal examination, and only 26 per cent of students at harvard medical school attained competency by their fourth year of study. At the same time, there have been calls to ensure that medical school curricula are better aligned with community needs.

Contribution to the Issue of Essential Drugs in Czechoslovakia

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1013-1014
Author(s):  
Josef V. Kolář ◽  
Viliam J. Foltán
Keyword(s):  
Dosage Forms ◽  
World Health ◽  
Total Consumption ◽  
Organization Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Essential Drugs ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Health Organization

OBJECTIVE: To determine the ratio represented by essential drugs (EDs) in the total consumption of drugs in Czechoslovakia in 1989. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of the assortment and consumption of EDs in 1989. SETTING: Department of the Organization and Management of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bratislava. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Consumption of drugs and/or pharmacotherapeutic groups, expressed by the number of formulations, number of units, and in financial terms. RESULTS: EDs constitute approximately one-third of the total consumption of drugs in Czechoslovakia (both in terms of volume and finances); almost 60 percent of EDs have dosage forms and concentrations identical to those shown in the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Drugs (Sixth List). CONCLUSIONS: The results obtained indicate that there is need for a regular updating of the drug policy within the public health branch of the government to more effectively regulate the production and import of drugs.

Use of Interactive Theater and Role Play to Develop Medical Students’ Skills in Breaking Bad News

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 704-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric P. Skye ◽  
Heather Wagenschutz ◽  
Jeffrey A. Steiger ◽  
Arno K. Kumagai
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Breaking Bad News ◽  
Breaking Bad ◽  
Interactive Theater
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