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Being there: A scoping review of grief support training in medical education.

Laura SikstromRiley SaikalyGenevieve FergusonPamela J MosherSarah BonatoSophie Soklaridis
Published in: PloS one (2019)
Grief training was associated with increased self-assessed knowledge and expertise; however, few of the studies analyzed the impact of grief training on physician and patient and family wellness. Our synthesis of the literature indicates key gaps exist, specifically regarding the limited emphasis on improving physicians' communication skills around death and dying and the limited use of interactive and self-reflexive learning tools. Most trainings also had an overly narrow focus on bereavement grief, rather than a more broadly defined definition of loss.
Keyphrases
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