Thursday, August 20, 2009

SPs in Blogs and Press

As students start up their first year in medical school over the next weeks, some of them will already be seeing SPs. This student blogs about his first experiences:

Lost in Philadelphia: first standardized patient session

This article in today's New York Times describes the field of palliative care medicine, why end-of-life counseling is not a "death panel", and some of the issues facing teaching physicians about breaking bad news. Alongside actual palliative care patients, an SP session is featured.

At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort

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