Narrative Medicine for Healthcare Providers
Improving Practices of Advance Care Planning
Bibliographic Data
Advance care planning (ACP) conversations about treatment preferences and end-of-life goals relate to positive outcomes for patients and families, though ongoing barriers exist. Additionally, providers personal discomfort and personal experiences may influence how they engage (or avoid) ACP conversations. Narrative medicine (NM) offers one approach to help practitioners develop ability to hear and understand the story of others in ways that may overcome barriers to quality conversations. This study investigated the effectiveness of a 3-hour NM workshop to develop communication skills around ACP and facilitate reflection on the relationship between personal experiences and professional practices in ACP and end-of-life care. Twenty-five participants completed post-assessments of the workshop. Key themes included increased awareness, improved skills for active listening and eliciting stories, and improved understanding of how personal experiences shape professional practice. Results indicate practitioners value the NM approach to ACP suggesting this approach may provide impactful change in practice
Active listening · Advance care planning · Health care · Medical education · Narrative · Palliative care · Psychotherapist · Empathy and Medical Education · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology
Narrative Medicine
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Impact of Formal Continuing Medical Education
Communicated Narrative Sense-Making
The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients
At the end of life
Narrative medicine as a means of training medical students toward residency competencies
Qualitative inquiry and research design
Interdisciplinary Geriatric and Palliative Care Team Narratives
Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
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