Summary of Content From Neuropalliative Care Curriculum Workshops8
Summer session no. | Content focus | Teaching materials | SP encounter |
1. PGY2 | Family meetings in the neuro-ICU | 7-step family conference framework | Discuss preferences for life-sustaining treatment with daughter/son of an 84-y-old man with advanced dementia admitted to ICU for progressive respiratory failure |
NURSE framework | |||
2. PGY3/PGY4 | Serious illness conversations in the neurology outpatient clinic | PAUSE talking map | Discuss early goals of care with a 60-y-old man with glioblastoma who is hesitant to make decisions about intubation or resuscitation |
3. PGY3/PGY4 | Emergency conversations in neuropalliative care | GUIDE framework | Share serious news and discuss late goals of care with a spouse of a 45-y-old formerly healthy woman who meets criteria for brain death after intraparenchymal hemorrhage |
REMAP framework |
Abbreviations: ICU = intensive care unit; PGY = postgraduation year; SP = simulated patient.