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Three-part simulation-based breaking bad news curriculum for OB/GYN residents

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Description

A 3-hour curriculum combining a 15-minute palliative medicine didactic on the SPIKES protocol, four standardized patient encounters (previable PPROM, surgical complication, cancer diagnosis, intrauterine fetal demise) with faculty debriefing using the PEARLS tool, and a 1-hour patient panel discussion. The design was "guided by Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory" and incorporated "principles of deliberate practice" with immediate faculty feedback.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • OSCE rooms with audiovisual equipment and 2-way mirrors
  • Four trained standardized patients
  • Four faculty facilitators with expertise in delivering bad news
  • Community panelists recruited through advocacy organizations

Constraints

  • Designed for OB/GYN residents within a 2-year simulation curriculum during protected education time

Target Learners

  • OB/GYN residents from PGY 1 to PGY 4

Learning Goals

  • Deliver bad news using the SPIKES protocol
  • Respond effectively to patient emotions with empathetic statements, reflective listening, and supportive silence

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Imbroane M, Fleckenstein K, Vest H, Higgins E. (2026). Breaking Bad News: A Simulation-Based Training Program for OB/GYN Residents. MedEdPORTAL. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11606
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type design
id breaking-bad-news-simulation-curriculum-obgyn
title Three-part simulation-based breaking bad news curriculum for OB/GYN residents
description A 3-hour curriculum combining a 15-minute palliative medicine didactic on the SPIKES protocol, four standardized patient encounters (previable PPROM, surgical complication, cancer diagnosis, intrauterine fetal demise)...
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generated by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-04
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