iRubric: How to Break Bad News rubric

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How to Break Bad News The objective of this exercise is to build skills in order to initiate, advance and close an interview with a patient or patient's family regarding a difficult topic. Students will be allowed to research the topic prior to addressing the patient, discuss the application among group members and then approach the patient to discuss the difficult subject. Rubric Code: WX5BCAA By emcadams Draft Public Rubric Subject: Medical Type: Assignment Grade Levels: Graduate

Delivery of Dismal News
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Overall Approach	Poor Provides minimal effort to introduce self and has trouble with the flow and rhetoric of the interview.	Fair Enters the room, introduces self and role with minimal trouble with the flow and rhetoric of the interview.	Good Enters the room, introduces self and role and and begins and elicits good flow and rhetoric to the interview.
Knowledge of Material	Poor Able to explain some medical implications of the diagnosis but unable to properly relay key elements of information correctly to the patient and their families.	Fair Able to explain most of the medical implications of the diagnosis but lacks a few key elements when relaying the information to the patient and their families.	Good Able to explain all of the medical implications of the diagnosis and able to relay key elements of
Medical Jargon	Poor Uses mostly medical jargon when explaining implications of diagnosis.	Fair Uses some medical jargon when explaining implications of diagnosis.	Good Uses no medical jargon, or clarifies oneself after using jargon to explain implications of diagnosis to patient.
Empathy	Poor Displays minimal empathy when conveying information regarding diagnosis to patient and their family.	Fair Displays some empathy when conveying information regarding diagnosis to patient and their family.	Good Displays maximal empathy when conveying information regarding diagnosis to patient and their family.