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Professional Responsibility

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Development and Implementation of Child Life Curriculum for Medical Students

Saturday, June 17, 2023
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
Location: High Plains 2-3
PDUs 1.5 PDUs
This presentation will discuss the process and outcomes of child life contributions to curriculum in medical student education. Attendees will explore methods for collaborating with medical students and discuss how to include patient and family voices in the curriculum. Potential needs and perspectives of medical students will be presented, and the benefits of sharing child life skills with this population will be explored.

DOMAIN: Professional Responsibility

Objectives:

  • Discuss opportunities for child life specialists to contribute to medical student education, including development of Observed Structured Clinical Experiences (OSCEs), flipped classroom workshops, and shadowing experiences
  • Describe the impact of child life curriculum on medical student participants
  • Apply the complementarity model to incorporate authentic pediatric patient and family experiences into child life curriculum
  • Evaluate the potential for child life curriculum for medical students to foster a collaborative, patient-centered approach to healthcare