title: Teaching End-of-Life Care Using Interprofessional Simulation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Competency in end-of-life (EOL) care is a growing expectation for health professions students. This study assessed the impact of four EOL care scenarios, using high-fidelity simulation, on the perceived learning needs and attitudes of pharmacy and nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  On three campuses, pharmacy students (N = 158) were exposed to standard paper EOL case scenarios, while a fourth campus exposed eight graduate nursing and 37 graduate pharmacy students to simulated versions of the same cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The paper-based groups produced similar pre-post changes on the End of Life Professional Caregiver Survey. Results were pooled and compared with the simulation-only group, revealing significantly higher changes in pre-post scores for the simulation group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students participating in the simulation group showed some significant differences in attitudes toward EOL care, compared with students in the classroom setting. [J Nurs Educ. 2017;56(4):205-210.].
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gannon
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Motycka
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Egelund
authors.forename: Dale F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: W Thomas
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D016544:Patient Simulation; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*