The need to improve access to palliative care across multiple settings and disease groups
has been identified. This requires equipping health care professionals from many different …

To be effective, palliative care education interventions need to be informed, among others,
by evidence and best practices related to curriculum development and design. Designing …

Previous literature demonstrates that current palliative care training is in need of
improvement for medical students in global, European and Canadian contexts. The training …

The World Health Organization recommends that “palliative care should be integrated as a
routine element of all Undergraduate Medical Education.” However, the provision of training …

Despite a clear need for trained physicians and nurses to provide palliative care in Israel,
the curricula of their training programs (undergraduate and postgraduate) provide little if any …

Interest and appreciation for palliative care (PC) has resulted in increased demand for both
PC services and education. The PC rotation has been shown to improve PC knowledge in …

To ensure its success, a new curriculum has to meet the needs of learners, patients, and the
institution. A review of the literature indicates that despite a tremendous need for palliative …

Background: Equipping all interprofessional clinicians with foundational palliative care
competencies is essential to address the complex needs of the growing number of adults …

Background: Palliative care is part of comprehensive family practice; however, many
physicians do not feel confident in the biomedical and psychosocial realms. Although …

Despite the fact that most palliative care educators are involved in teaching, there is little
literature devoted to education specifically within palliative care. This book bridges that gap …