Education

Educational Programs

🗓️ Palliative Care Clinical Rotation

We offer two-week clinical rotations for JHSOM residents and fellows with our interprofessional consult team.  For scheduling and more information, please contact  Christy Swain. 

If you have already signed up to do an elective with the palliative care team, please click here for other specific rotation information.

📚 Serious Illness Conversation Curriculum

A goals of care conversation explores a seriously ill patient’s values, beliefs, and priorities in the context of their medical condition, aiming to align care with what matters most. Drawing on principles of narrative medicine, our team developed the 3-Act Model, a novel, story-based framework for these conversations. Our team has successfully used this model to train Cardiology APPS, CIMS hospitalists, Geriatric Department, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellows, JHH Fellows, Oncology Residents & Fellows, Pulmonary Fellows, Medicine Interns & Residents. Download this pocketguide for easy reference.

Key Publications

• Narrative Approach to Goals of Care Discussions: Assessing the Use of the 3-Act Model in the Clinical Setting (Roberts, Wright, Dy, Wu) – J Pain Symptom Manage
• Integrating Narrative Goals of Care in the ICU: Educational and Clinical Outcomes (Chatterjee, Roberts, Wu, Ahluwalia, Wright)
• Adapting the 3-Act Model for Online Training (Roberts, Mehta, McWhirter, Dy, Wright, Wu) – JPSM

Resources for Learners

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Resources for Patients/Care Partners

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