title: Development of a teaching module for quality-of-life assessment of terminal patients. The AACE Multi-Institutional Palliative Cancer Education Section. American Association for Cancer Education.
abstract: To enhance the teaching of students to assess quality of life of patients with serious disease, the AACE Palliative Cancer Education Section has developed a teaching module. The module, which focuses on four desired learning objectives, is to be used in an hour-long small-group session. The authors describe the development of the module, as well as its objectives, teaching method, evaluation, and future challenges.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Division of Hematology, Denver 80220, USA. Paul.Seligman@UCHSC.edu
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Seligman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dignon
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Steen
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Abrahm
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Boston
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nelson-Marten
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: O'Mara
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: von Gunten
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Weissman
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D013663:Teaching; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology