The photograph “Connection, a medical learner perspective” by Hayeong Rho, was
awarded honourable mention in the 2019 Undergraduate Narrative Award for Palliative …

Outcomes 1. Identify the benefits of a “patient story” exercise with a reflection component for
medical students on a palliative care rotation 2. Describe the impact of a patient story …

Background: Effective communication with ill patients requires practice, yet, the traditional
history overlooks patients' personal stories. This information is vital to determining goals of …

My gloved hand eased open the hospital room door. Wearing layers of personal protective
equipment, I swished into the room to find Eli*, a one-year-old with leukemia, sitting in a …

Between 2005 and 2008, palliative care educators from Ottawa's academic and clinical
communities seized the opportunity provided through the national initiatives Educating …

PASSIONS WERE RUNNING HIGH at a recent palliative care seminar series I coordinate.
Originally begun in 1994 to introduce concepts in endof-life care to my medical center, this …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, death has been increasingly at the forefront of the publics'
mind. Banners permanently pinned to major news organizations' websites highlight the …

Purpose Learning can be conceptualized as a process of “becoming,” considering
individuals, workplace participation, and professional identity formation. How postgraduate …

We thank you for the highly informative article by Boland et al.(2019). Here at our medical
school, palliative medicine forms a compulsory element of our education. Unfortunately …

Purpose: To use reflective writing to evaluate a new required palliative care experience for
third year medical students. Method: The authors used a constant comparison method …