Dokument: Promoting interdisciplinarity and the timely integration of palliative care through the development and implementation of a blended learning elective for medical students
| Titel: | Promoting interdisciplinarity and the timely integration of palliative care through the development and implementation of a blended learning elective for medical students | |||||||
| URL für Lesezeichen: | https://docserv.uni-duesseldorf.de/servlets/DocumentServlet?id=74961 | |||||||
| URN (NBN): | urn:nbn:de:hbz:061-20261105-134911-8 | |||||||
| Kollektion: | Publikationen | |||||||
| Sprache: | Englisch | |||||||
| Dokumententyp: | Wissenschaftliche Texte » Artikel, Aufsatz | |||||||
| Medientyp: | Text | |||||||
| Autoren: | Batzler, Yann-Nicolas [Autor] Schallenburger, Manauela [Autor] Sammer, Tabea [Autor] Haussmann, Jan [Autor] Tamaskovics, Bálint [Autor] Rehlinghaus, Marc [Autor] Schreitter, Julia von [Autor] Otten, Stefanie [Autor] Fohler, Corinna [Autor] Schwartz, Jacqueline [Autor] | |||||||
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| Stichwörter: | palliative care, medical education, health promotion, timely integration, learning gains, elective | |||||||
| Beschreibung: | Background: Given demographic changes and a rising prevalence of oncological diseases, understanding the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and a timely integration of palliative care is crucial. However, both are underrepresented in medical curricula. To address this gap, we introduced a new elective in which students follow the journey of a fictitious patient with prostate cancer from diagnosis until death.
Method: The elective was conducted through repeated joint meetings by a multi-professional and interdisciplinary (palliative care, urology, radiation oncology, psychosomatic medicine) team. Alongside its development, an outcome evaluation was designed to assess satisfaction (Likert scale) and learning gains (comparative self-assessment, CSA [%]). After pilot testing, the content and structure were adapted. The elective followed a blended learning approach. The content covered guideline-adherent treatment of prostate cancer, breaking bad news, initial contact with palliative care, symptom control based on the total pain concept. Results: Students (n=8) expressed high satisfaction. They found the structure comprehensible and considered the content valuable for medical practice. Students gained knowledge, especially in defining total pain (83%) and the indication of the timely integration of specialized palliative care (77%). Conclusion: Using prostate cancer as an example disease, we integrated multiple disciplines into treatment strategies, demonstrating the benefits of multi-professional and multidisciplinary collaboration. This approach aids in identifying patients who could benefit from palliative care. Our concept is adaptable to other tumor types and settings, enhancing awareness of patient-centered issues that are often overlooked in medical curricula. | |||||||
| Rechtliche Vermerke: | Originalveröffentlichung: Batzler, Y.-N., Schallenburger, M., Sammer, T., Haussmann, J., Tamaskovics, B., Rehlinghaus, M., Schreitter, J. von, Otten-Marré, S., Fohler, C., Schwartz, J., Karger, A., Niegisch, G., & Neukirchen, M. (2025). Promoting interdisciplinarity and the timely integration of palliative care through the development and implementation of a blended learning elective for medical students. GMS Journal for Medical Education, 42(2), Artikel Doc24. https://doi.org/10.3205/zma001748 | |||||||
| Lizenz: |  Dieses Werk ist lizenziert unter einer Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz | |||||||
| Fachbereich / Einrichtung: | Medizinische Fakultät | |||||||
| Dokument erstellt am: | 05.11.2026 | |||||||
| Dateien geändert am: | 05.11.2026 |
