Publications by authors named "Marcos Milanez"
Objectives: The Liaison Committee on Medical Education requires that the curriculum of medical schools includes end-of-life care. Most medical students feel reluctant to discuss end-of-life issues with their patients, but would like to learn more.
Methods: We created an educational session on using Five Wishes to facilitate the advance care planning conversation.
Article Synopsis
- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has created a competency-based curriculum focusing on 61 learning objectives for geriatric syndromes including dementia, falls, and delirium.
- Students undergo 13 competency assessments over four years, needing to achieve specific performance standards, with documentation provided for 600 students each year.
- The paper outlines the curriculum's design, implementation, and evaluation, highlights data-driven quality improvement efforts, and addresses challenges in applying student competency to real-world practice.