Simulation-based communication training does not improve quality of end-of-life care

December 5, 2013

Among internal medicine and nurse practitioner trainees, simulation-based communication skills training compared with usual education did not improve quality of communication about end-of-life care or quality of end-of-life care but was associated with a small increase in patients’ symptoms of depression, according to a study appearing in the December 4 issue of JAMA, a medical education theme issue. (Science Daily)