Twelve tips to teach culturally sensitive palliative care

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ID21448780
AuthorsJeanine Suurmond (0000-0001-6872-2067, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, corresponding author), Katja Lanting (0000-0002-9419-9959, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Xanthe De Voogd (0000-0002-7249-8683, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Roukayya Oueslati (0000-0003-1617-4526, Department of Ethics and Law of Health Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands), Gudule Boland (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Health Disparities, Pharos, Utrecht, The Netherlands), Maria van den Muijsenbergh (0000-0002-4994-4008, Dutch Centre of Expertise on Health Disparities, Pharos, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Year2021
Volume43
Issue7
Pages845-850
Publication date2021-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Teacher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-159X • E-ISSN: 1466-187X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0142159x.2020.1832650
PMID33070696
OpenAlexW3093400118
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited37

With an increasingly ageing population there will be a rising demand for palliative care, including from older migrants and ethnic minorities. While many (future) physicians are unfamiliar with specific needs of older migrants and ethnic minorities regarding care and communication in palliative care, this may be challenging for them to deal with. Moreover, even many medical teachers also feel unprepared to teach palliative care and culturally sensitive communication to students. In order to support medical teachers, we suggest twelve tips to teach culturally sensitive palliative care to guide the development and implementation of teaching this topic to medical students. Drawn from literature and our own experiences as teachers, these twelve tips provide practical guidance to both teachers and curriculum designers when designing and implementing education about culturally sensitive palliative care

Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Cultural issues · Culturally sensitive · Curriculum · Ethnic group · Medical education · Palliative care · Pedagogy · Population · Population ageing · Sociology · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology

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