Introduction Students entering medical school today will encounter an ageing population
and a higher incidence of diseases affecting the elderly—for example, chronic respiratory …

Our objective was to determine how broadly end-of-life issues are represented in the
undergraduate medical school curricula of the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States …

Background. The faculty of the Center for Palliative Studies teach residents from 5 different
primary care residency training programs who rotate at San Diego Hospice: 3 in Internal …

Background: Medical care at the end of life remains poor. One approach to improving end-of-
life care is through education of medical trainees. However, evidence regarding the structure …

Methods Twelve students completed the special study module annually. Demand by
students to take this SSM far exceeded availability of places. Students were selected based …

Background. As a part of a program to integrate comprehensive palliative care education at
the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a new teaching module was incorporated …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the status of medical education in end-of-life care and identify
opportunities for improvement. DESIGN: Telephone survey. SETTING: US academic medical …

Background: To improve the quality of care for dying patients, experts have called for all
clinicians to be able to provide a generalist level of palliative care. Core clinical clerkships …

OBJECTIVE To describe how and when surgery residents provided primary palliative care
and engaged specialty palliative care services. DESIGN Phase I consisted of a previously …

Objective: To examine the relationship between exposure to death and attitudes and
knowledge about end-of-life care in graduating medical students. Participants and methods …