Tamchès Emmanuel, Benaroyo Lazare, Bornet Marc Antoine, Hornung Jean-Pierre, Borasio Gian Domenico
Service de soins palliatifs et de support, Hôpital Nestlé, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne.
Faculté de biologie et de médecine, UNIL, 1011 Lausanne.
Rev Med Suisse. 2017 May 24;13(564):1118-1121.
The optional course « Living facing death » is the result of an innovative educational approach jointly developed by CHUV's Palliative Care Service, Lausanne's School of Medicine, Medical Ethics Unit and the students' association « Doctors & Death ». It is intended for 3rd and 4th grade medical students and was inspired by previous experiences conducted at Harvard Medical School. Its primary objective is to help students to « take some distances ». A mixed quantitative/qualitative satisfaction questionnaire was administered to all participating students at the completion of the course. It confirms experiential knowledge is a valuable teaching tool to improve medical students' attitude toward end-of-life issues.
