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9. Communicate in difficult situations

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Serious Illness Conversations Part 2 (Archived)
PC Session

Part 5 / Professional Competencies IF

From White Coat to Blue Gown
PC Session

Part 5 / Professional Competencies IF / Week 2

Brain Death and Organ Donation
PC Session

Part 5 / Professional Competencies IF / Week 4

Serious Illness Conversations
PC Session

Part 5 / Professional Competencies IF / Week 5

Recognizing and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
PC Session

Part 5 / Professional Competencies IF / Week 7

Trauma Informed Care
PC Session

Part 5 / Professional Competencies IF / Week 8

Participate in a discussion on end-of-life care.
Essential Clinical Experience

Clerkship / Family Medicine Rotation / Internal Medicine Rotation

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

Emergency Medicine Rotation / Surgery Rotation

Communicate with a patient or family when there is a language or cultural barrier (not necessarily using an interpreter).
Essential Clinical Experience

Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation / Family Medicine Rotation / Surgery Rotation

Assessments

Communicate in difficult situations
Direct Observation Tool

Clerkship / Family Medicine Rotation / Psychiatry Rotation

Objectives

Identify strategies to effectively handle disagreements and de-escalate difficult discussions where necessary.
General Objectives

Part 1 / Medical Foundation 1 / Introduction to Medicine

Review non-verbal signs of pain for patients unable to communicate verbally (e.g. for patients with dementia).
Activity Objectives

Transition to Clerkship / Week 3

Describe strategies for verbal de-escalation of an agitated patient and the safe use of chemical and physical restraints.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation

Participate in a discussion on end-of-life care.
Essential Clinical Experience

Clerkship / Family Medicine Rotation / Internal Medicine Rotation

Participate (with guidance and supervision) in breaking bad news to patients.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Internal Medicine Rotation

To describe the approach to the management of patients presenting with a history of domestic violence.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Obstetrics and Gynecology Rotation

To demonstrate communication skills appropriate to the sensitive and personal nature of the specialty.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Obstetrics and Gynecology Rotation

Demonstrate communication skills that convey respect, integrity, flexibility, sensitivity, empathy, and compassion.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Pediatrics Rotation

Conduct a general interview: learn specific skills that convey empathy. Take a psychiatric history in an empathic manner that enables the assessment of relevant psychological, medical and social factors. Adapt their interview techniques to deal with common sorts of "special" situations/patients (e.g., children, the elderly, those who don't speak English, those with communication or cognitive problems, use of interpreters, family members for collateral, etc.). Adapt their interview techniques to deal with common sorts of "challenging" styles (e.g., silent, over-talkative, angry, seductive, suspicious, passive, dependent, defensive, evasive patients, or those who deny they need help).
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Psychiatry Rotation

Communicate with a patient or family when there is a language or cultural barrier (not necessarily using an interpreter).
Essential Clinical Experience

Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation / Family Medicine Rotation / Surgery Rotation

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

Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation / Surgery Rotation / Orthopedic Surgery Rotation

Recognize the impact of the condition on the individual regarding impairment of function, limitation of activities, and the potential of life with chronic pain requiring social and psychological support.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Orthopedic Surgery Rotation

Identify non-accidental trauma and understand the urgency of immediate referral.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Orthopedic Surgery Rotation

Recognize the impact of the condition on the child and their parents regarding impairment of function, limitation of activities, and the potential of life with chronic pain requiring social and psychological support.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Orthopedic Surgery Rotation

Recognize the impact of the condition on the individual regarding impairment of function, limitation of activities, and the possibility for chronic pain requiring social and psychological support.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Orthopedic Surgery Rotation

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.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Medical Subspecialty Selective

Discuss common ethical issues in family medicine through the life cycle including topics such as confidentiality, consent and capacity.
Clerkship Objectives

Family Medicine TTR / Clerkship / Family Medicine Rotation

Participate in discussions (with guidance and supervision) about the basic issues regarding advanced directives and/or end-of-life care with patients and their caregivers.
Clerkship Objectives

Internal Medicine TTR / Clerkship / Internal Medicine Rotation

Demonstrate a patient-centred and family-centred approach to communication which requires involving the family and patient in shared decision making, and involves gathering information about the patients’ and families’ beliefs, concerns, expectations and illness experience.
Clerkship Objectives

Pediatrics TTR / Clerkship / Pediatrics Rotation

Acknowledge/demonstrate the principals of dealing with challenging communication issues including: obtaining informed consent, delivering bad news, disclosing adverse medical events, and addressing anger, confusion, and misunderstanding.
Clerkship Objectives

Pediatrics TTR / Clerkship / Pediatrics Rotation

Practice non-stigmatizing attitude and advocacy towards those experiencing mental illness in demonstrating:
Clerkship Objectives

Psychiatry TTR / Clerkship / Psychiatry Rotation

Deepen their understanding of Informed Consent and Disclosure of Adverse Events.
Clerkship Objectives

Surgery TTR / Clerkship / Surgery Rotation / Transition to Residency

Broaden their Procomp experience by observing a discussion obtaining consent for surgery with a patient, an explanation of an adverse event or ‘bad news’ to a patient, and/or positive examples by mentors dealing with challenges to ethics, communication or professionalism.
Clerkship Objectives

Surgery TTR / Clerkship / Surgery Rotation / Transition to Residency

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