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- Title
Radiation Therapy Students Learning to Work with Hospice Patients: A Qualitative Case Study Reporting on Educational Critical Events.
- Authors
Trad, Megan; Larrotta, Clarena
- Abstract
This qualitative research describes a case study examining critical events in an Introduction to Radiation Therapy course. Study participants are 10 students enrolled in the course. Data sources include reflections, interviews, documents, and field notes. Narrative analysis served as the main technique for analysis. Study findings are reported through three critical events: curative treatment vs. palliative care; students' preconceived notions about hospice patients; and patient passing away. Critical events are incidents that took place during implementation of the project that made student learning possible through experiencing concepts first-hand and deepening that knowledge through reflection and discussion.
- Subjects
HOSPICE care; MEDICAL personnel; RADIOTHERAPY; STUDENT attitudes; TERMINALLY ill; QUALITATIVE research; DATA analysis
- Publication
Radiologic Science & Education, 2013, Vol 18, Issue 2, p5
- ISSN
1078-5450
- Publication type
Article