Reflective Learning of Palliative Care by Secondary Healthcare and Sociosanitary Students Using Two Videoclips on the Experience of Cameron Duncan: “DFK6498” and “Strike Zone”

AbstractEducating young people about how to interact with patients at the end of their lives is challenging. A qualitative study based on Husserl ’s phenomenological approach was performed to describe the learning experience of secondary education students after watching, analysing, and reflecting on two videoclips featuring Cameron Duncan, a young man suffering from terminal cancer (DFK6498 and Strike Zone). Students from three vocational centres providing training in ancillary nursing, pharmacy, and dependent care in the Community of Madrid visited the Palliative Care (PC) Hospital. A total of 110 students (102 female and 8 male), with a median age of nineteen years, participated in the study. The students’ learning experience thr ough the videoclips reveals the essential aspects required in palliative care, since the character suffers in every dimension of his being: physically as well as psychologically, socially, and spiritually. Therefore, this requires healthcare professionals to understand their experience, putting them selves in their place, to provide affectionate care and to display communication skills leading to a quality helping relationship. Four comprehensive educational categories were identified in the study. The students learned the importance of: 1) providing comprehensive and affectionate care to patie nts, 2) the need for communication skills in caring for patients, 3) being aware of the end of life and time left, 4) valuing life and fighting for wha...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research