Deficiencies in education about end-of-life care are widely recognized, both in the" formal"
or structured curriculum, and in the" informal" curriculum (the culture in which students are …

Objective.—To describe the status of palliative care education in the under-graduate
medical curriculum and to offer recommendations for improvement. Data Sources.—Review …

Context Medical educators in the USA perceive the teaching of palliative care competencies
as important, medical students experience it as valuable and effective, and demographic …

Background: In response to the nationwide need for improved care of patients at end of life,
our medical school implemented approximately 20 hours of mandatory coursework on the …

Purpose. To describe attitudes and practices of end-of-life care teaching in the
undergraduate medical curriculum in the United States as reported by administrative …

This article presents recommendations for improving the education of physicians about end-
of-life care in the acute care hospital setting. The authors, who have a variety of …

Despite interest in end-of-life educational efforts, attitudinal barriers still thwart the
integration of palliative care into medical education. The authors present their experience …

In 1997 a report from the Institute of Medicine IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences
identified large gaps in knowledge of care at the end of life which demanded attention from …

Physicians are educated and trained to cure illness and save lives. The traditional
educational model in US medical schools allows for generalist training as well as …

A faculty development course was offered at the Medical College of Wisconsin to bolster
existing medical student and housestaff training opportunities in palliative medicine. An 8 …