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Simulation-Based End-Of-Life Care Training During Surgical Clerkship: Assessment Of Skills And Perceptions, Priti Parikh, Ronald Brown, Mary White, Ronald Markert, Rosemary Eustace, Kathryn Tchorz

Ronald Brown

Background Assessment of interpersonal and psychosocial competencies during end-of-life care training is essential. This study reports the relationship between simulation-based end-of-life care Objective Structured Clinical Examination ratings and communication skills, trust, and self-assessed empathy along with the perceptions of students regarding their training experiences. Method Medical students underwent simulation-based end-of-life care OSCE training that involved standardized patients who evaluated students' communication skills and physician trust with the Kalamazoo Essential Elements Communication Checklist and the Wake Forest Physician Trust Scale. Students also completed the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy. Pearson correlation was used to examine the relationship between OSCE performance grades …