NSHEN has developed an educational resource called Featured Articles. We will be choosing articles from recent health ethics literature that we think will be of interest to ethics committee members as well as others working in our health care system.
We will create a summary of each article we feature for those too busy to read it in its entirety.
New Summary
Optimizing Family Presence through Medical Education.
by Rona Yu.
Rona Yu, Journal of Clinical Ethics, 2024
Short Summary
This article presents an approach to optimizing family presence through medical education. The author argues in favor of family presence in the ICU setting and suggests that doctors should take a more proactive approach to asking family members early on whether they would like to be present in the ICU. Currently, medical students are trained in ICU care through simulation training. However, this training does not prepare the students for the presence of family members in the ICU. Yu argues that proactive training of medical students in the presence of family members during ICU treatment can help them better understand what family members are going through. Moreover, training under pressure while family members are present provides opportunities to practice communication with family members in such situations. This experience may lead to better care for patients and help medical students learn how to optimize the needs of family members in distress.
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