Jane deLima Thomas, MD, FAAHPM

Jane deLima Thomas, MD, FAAHPM’s academic focus is teaching clinician self-awareness in communicating with patients, families, other clinicians, and learners. She teaches medical students, residents, fellows, and CME audiences about communications skills such as breaking bad news, having goals of care discussions, and managing patient requests for hastened death. Additionally, she has taught nationally about mindfulness of emotion in the clinical encounter, the role of hope in palliative care, and clinician self-care. Her publications include giving feedback to learners, interprofessional communication in palliative care, managing misunderstandings about prognosis, and self-care for clinicians caring for patients with advanced cancer. Her teaching has roots in her clinical practice as a palliative care physician; the desire to teach others to be effective, empathic communicators springs from her own deep pleasure when she can achieve that with her patients.