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Participate in a discussion in which "bad news" is communicated to a patient or family.
Activity
Essential Clinical Experience

Curriculum Block

Emergency Medicine Rotation / Surgery Rotation
- Indicates most relevant

Objectives

Essential Clinical Experience
  • Participate in a discussion in which "bad news" is communicated to a patient or family.

Assessments

Essential Clinical Experience Completion
  • Surgery Clerkship
  • Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Tags

AFMC Entrustable Professional Activities
9. Communicate in difficult situations
C2LEO
Communicator; Culturally Aware
CanMEDS Roles
Communicator
Curriculum Block
Emergency Medicine Rotation Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Emergency Medicine Surgery
General MCC Objectives
Communication Skills
MCC Presentations
Truth Telling
McMaster Program Competencies
4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics
MeSH
Physician-Patient Relations [N05.300.660.625] Truth Disclosure [F01.145.209.259.800]
Objective Type
Professional Competencies

Related Activities

The following activities occur in the same curriculum block:

  • Patient History
  • Examination
  • Patient History
  • Examination
  • Order and Interpret Laboratory Investigations
  • Order and Interpret Imaging Investigations
  • Professional competencies
  • Professional Competencies in Surgery
  • Pre and Post operative care
  • Urology

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