Terminal care education in small group for nursing students / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

For the pupose of terminal care education, I am conducting a trial experiment on free discussion in a small group, about six members, of students of a nursing school. After self-introduction, debate is held on two themes, “terminal care of my beloved companion” and “terminal care of mself.” As judged from the results of a questionnaire and the record of debate, the students' attitude toward the question “Am I going to die soon?” asked by a terminally ill patient, changes during the discussion from encouraging, denying, or avoiding to listening to the patient. This style of exercise may be able to be used for terminal care education for medical students, medical and paramedical staff and death educaton for the general public.