Chair of the Massachusetts Medical School Collaborative: All Med School Students Should Learn Serious Illness Communication

Chair of the Massachusetts Medical School Collaborative: All Med School Students Should Learn Serious Illness Communication

Publication Date: May 22, 2023

Dr. Jennifer Reidy believes that anyone who graduates from medical school should be able to lead effective, compassionate conversations with people with serious illnesses. As the chair of the Massachusetts Medical School Collaborative and an associate professor at UMass Chan Medical School, she is leading an effort to integrate palliative care into the core medical school curricula in her home state.

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