Communicating with Surrogate Decision Makers About Incapacitated ICU Patients’ Values |
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| Project Period: 2014 - 2016 | PIs: Leslie Scheumann, MD, MPH and Douglas White, MD, MAS |
| Funding Source: National Institutes on Aging (NIA) | |
| In order to meet the goal of better facilitating clinician-surrogate communication with regards to the values of the patient, three tools were proposed for development. First, a high-fidelity simulation. A high-fidelity simulation is a laboratory for studying and intervening on how clinicians elicit and incorporate incapacitated patients' values into life support decisions. Second, consensus from a diverse group of stakeholds about which communication skills for physicians to use to elicit patients' values and preferences. Those skills can then be specifically targeted in interventions and education. Third, a checklist of outcome measures with which to quantify intervention effectiveness. | |