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Use of a Seminar as an Aid in Helping Interns Care for Dying Children and Their Families

Stephen Berman

Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Sylvia Villarreal

Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

An annual seminar held by the University of Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, is designed to assist interns to cope more effectively with the emotional strains of caring for dying patients and their families. In the seminar, interns are randomly divided into four small groups con sisting of six interns, a chief resident, two pediatric faculty members, and a nurse or social worker from an intensive care unit. This paper reviews the resident evaluations of the seminar, as well as the results of a questionnaire which explored attitude formation toward death. Interns felt that the opportunity to discuss death and dying early in their training program helped them gain an understanding of their own feelings about death, which enabled them to cope better with the stress involved in caring for dying children. Additional benefits from the seminar included more effective interpersonal communication, the establishment of deeper and more meaningful friendships, and a stronger esprit de corps.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 22, No. 3, 175-179 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288302200302
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