Drama as a pedagogical tool for practicing death notification-experiences from Swedish medical students

• Published in: BMC Medical Education
• Main Authors: Fjellman-Wiklund Anncristine, Nordström Anna, Grysell Tomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2011
• Subjects: Special aspects of education; LC8-6691; Medicine; R; Augusto; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-11-74; https://doaj.org/article/bc502a032c7145ac887ff4f6e2ddd47f

Abstract Background One of the toughest tasks in any profession is the deliverance of death notification. Marathon Death is an exercise conducted during the fourth year of medical school in northern Sweden to prepare students for this responsibility. The exercise is designed to enable students to ga...