Northwestern Resources
Below you'll find pocket guides, videos and references to build upon the learning from the courses.
Pocket Guides
- Disclosing Serious News (SPIKES and NURSE)
- Discussing Goals of Care (REMAP)
- Teaching Communication Skills at the Bedside
Videos
Watch: Giving a Headline
Watch: Disclosing Serious News
Publications about Mastery Learning of Communication Skills
- Cohen ER, Barsuk JH, Moazed F, et al. Making July Safer: Simulation-Based Mastery Learning During Intern Boot Camp. Acad Med. 2013; 88(2): 233-9.
- Sharma RK, Szmuilowicz E, Ogunseitan A, et al. Evaluation of a Mastery Learning Intervention on Hospitalists’ Code Status Discussion Skills. J Pain Sympt Manage. 2017; 53(6): 1066-70.
- Vermylen J, Wood GJ. Moving Toward Entrustment of Difficult Conversations. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2018;10(4):400-2.
- Vermylen JH, Wood GJ, Cohen ER, Barsuk JH, McGaghie WC, Wayne DB. Development of a Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum for Breaking Bad News. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2018;57(3):682-687.
- Vermylen JH, Wayne DB, Cohen ER, McGaghie WC, Wood GJ. Promoting Readiness for Residency: Embedding Simulation-Based Mastery Learning for Breaking Bad News Into the Medicine Sub-Internship. Acad Med. 2020 Feb 18. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003210.
- Vermylen JH, Wood GJ. “Chapter 10: Mastery Learning of Clinical Communication Skills.” In: McGaghi WC, Barsuk JH, Wayne DB eds. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Mastery Learning in Health Professions Education. 1st ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature; 2020. 171-190.
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Smith MM, Secunda KE, Cohen ER, Wayne DB, Vermylen JH, Wood GJ. "Clinical Experience Is Not a Proxy for Competence: Comparing Fellow and Medical Student Performance in a Breaking Bad News Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum." Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2023 Apr;40(4):423-430. doi: 10.1177/10499091221106176. Epub 2022 May 31. PMID: 35641315.
Other Key Communication Skills References
- Arnold RM, Back AL, Barnato AE, Prendergast TJ, Emlet LL, Karpov I, et al. The Critical Care Communication Project: Improving Fellows' Communication Skills. Journal of Critical Care. 2015;30(2):250-4.
- Baile WF, Buckman R, Lenzi R, Glober G, Beale EA, Kudelka AP. SPIKES-A Six-Step Protocol for Delivering Bad News: Application to the Patient with Cancer. The Oncologist. 2000;5(4):302-11.
- Boissy A, Windover AK, Bokar D, Karafa M, Neuendorf K, Frankel RM et al. Communication Skills Training for Physicians Improves Patient Satisfaction. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Jul;31(7):755-61.
- Childers JW, Back AL, Tulsky JA, Arnold RM. REMAP: A Framework for Goals of Care Conversations. Journal of Oncology Practice. 2017;13(10):e844-e50.
- Lautrette A, Darmon M, Megarbane B, Joly LM, Chevret S, Adrie C, et al. A Communication Strategy and Brochure for Relatives of Patients Dying in the ICU. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2007;356(5):469-78.
- Lilly CM, De Meo DL, Sonna LA, Haley KJ, Massaro AF, Wallace RF, et al. An Intensive Communication Intervention for the Critically Ill. The American Journal of Medicine. 2000;109(6):469-75.
- Schell JO, Cohen RA, Green JA, Rubio D, Childers JW, et al. NephroTalk: Evaluation of a Palliative Care Communication Curriculum for Nephrology Fellows. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2018. 56(5):767-773.
- Schwarze ML, Campbell TC, Cunningham TV, White DB, Arnold RM. You Can't Get What You Want: Innovation for End-of-Life Communication in the Intensive Care Unit. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2016;193(1):14-6.
- Taylor LJ, Nabozny MJ, Steffens NM, Tucholka JL, Brasel KJ, Johnson SK, et al. A Framework to Improve Surgeon Communication in High-Stakes Surgical Decisions: Best Case/Worst Case. JAMA Surgery. 2017;152(6):531-8.
- White DB, Angus DC, Shields AM, Buddadhumaruk P, Pidro C, Paner C, et al. A Randomized Trial of a Family-Support Intervention in Intensive Care Units. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2018;378(25):2365-75.
- White DB, Ernecoff N, Buddadhumaruk P, Hong S, Weissfeld L, Curtis JR, et al. Prevalence of and Factors Related to Discordance About Prognosis Between Physicians and Surrogate Decision Makers of Critically Ill Patients. JAMA. 2016;315(19):2086-94.
- Wright AA, Zhang B, Rav A, Mack JW, Trice E, Balboni T et al. Associations Between End-of-Life Discussions, Patient Mental Health, Medical Care Near Death, and Caregiver Bereavement Adjustment. JAMA. 2008 Oct 8;300(14):1665-73.