Can an authentic EPortfolio succeed in First Year Medicine?

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Introduction Despite evidence supporting ePortfolio use to promote reflective practice, most published studies focus on its use in senior years.

[Patients at the end of life in the intensive care unit: cultural aspects of accompaniment].

The accompaniment of people in the face of death offers insights into dimensions which are mostly not seen in ordinary life. These insights also exist in intensive care in German hospitals and are highly relevant in medical decision making. End-of-life decisions in particular often determine medical, cultural and spiritual aspects concerning medical treatment and therapeutic targets and if necessary new therapy targets.

[Palliative care oriented therapy for all patients : recommendations of an expert circle].

Background: Since 2011 palliative care has been a compulsory part of the German medical study course (so-called Q13 palliative and pain medicine). Palliative care content does not, however, as often taught, have to focus only on patients in the so-called palliative stages of disease. The aim of this investigation was to encourage a discussion concerning the integration of palliative care aspects into general medical treatment.

[Palliative care and end-of-life patients in emergency situations. Recommendations on optimization of out-patient care].

Background: At the end of life acute exacerbations of medical symptoms (e.g. dyspnea) in palliative care patients often result in emergency medical services being alerted.