title: Performance and palliative care: a drama module for medical students.
abstract: This paper describes an innovative 2 weeks module for medical students facilitated by drama educators and a palliative medicine doctor. The module incorporates drama, end-of-life care, teamwork and reflective practice. The module contents, practical aspects of drama teaching and learning outcomes are discussed. Various themes emerged from a study of Harold Pinter's play, The Caretaker, which were relevant to clinical practice: silence, power, communication, uncertainty and unanswered questions. Drama teaching may be one way of enhancing students' confidence, increasing self- awareness, developing ethical thinking and fostering teamworking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Languages, Literatures, Performing Arts, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
authors.forename: Ewan James
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
authors.forename: Jen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goddard
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004324:Drama; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D010166:Palliative Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013727:Terminal Care; D013850:Thinking