Title:	Medical students’ experiences and attitudes to end of life care
Principal research question:	a) Students in preclinical and clinical years are completing validated scales of Death Anxiety and Attitudes to End of Life Care. b) Analysis of Final Year students’ Palliative Care Reflective Portfolio essays. c) Interview study of First Year students’ experience of the Dissecting Room
Methodology description:	Medical students at University of Cambridge: Quantitative questionnaire instruments Qualitative analysis of reflective portfolio essays Semi-structured interviews
Project organisation
Start date:	1st September 2007
End date:	31st December 2011
Contact person:	Dr Stephen Barclay
Contact Details:	Primary Care Research Unit Institute of Public Health University Forvie Site, Robinson Way Cambridge Cambs CB2 0SR UK Telephone: (01223) 763082 Fax: 01223 762515 E-mail: sigb2@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Collaborative:	Unit Team Members: Stephen Barclay, Thelma Quince, John Benson, Simon Cohn, James Brimicombe
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Funding Organisation:	School of Clinical Medicine
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Funding Organisation:	James Knott Family Trust
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