Publications by authors named "M Antony Mcshane"
Implementing and Assessing Climate Change Education in a Pediatrics Residency Curriculum.
J Grad Med Educ
December 2024
For physicians to effectively combat the growing health crisis that is climate change, they should begin learning during medical training about its health implications. However, there is little data on residents' knowledge of the climate crisis, and even less data regarding the effectiveness and acceptability of climate change education in graduate medical training programs. To incorporate a new educational session on the health implications of climate change into a residency curriculum and evaluate the acceptability of the session and its effects on residents' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of the topic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGraduate medical education programs must prepare physicians to adapt their care for patients whose health equity and outcomes are being threatened by climate change. This article presents the implementation of a longitudinal climate justice curriculum within a pediatrics residency program. To measure the self-reported changes in attitudes and intentions for change in behavior after implementation of a climate justice curriculum.
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- Aggressive end-of-life (EOL) care for cancer patients often results in more hospitalizations and a poorer quality of death, while effective goals of care (GOC) discussions can lead to fewer hospitalizations and increased hospice use.* -
- A study at an academic cancer center found that less than half of patients had documented GOC discussions, despite those discussions being linked to higher rates of hospice enrollment and lower hospitalizations.* -
- It’s suggested that hematology-oncology fellowship programs should enhance communication skills training to improve the quality of GOC documentation and EOL care for patients.*