Purpose Learning can be conceptualized as a process of “becoming,” considering
individuals, workplace participation, and professional identity formation. How postgraduate …

Palliative care is an emotionally evocative domain of care, the complexities of which are not
well understood. Palliative care has been described as a cultural shift in healthcare away …

Nurses spend more time with seriously and terminally ill patients across the continuum of
care than other health professionals, yet nursing students lack adequate palliative care …

Background: Palliative care educators should incorporate strategies that enhance
application into practice by learners. Commitment-to-change is an approach to reinforce …

Between 2005 and 2008, palliative care educators from Ottawa's academic and clinical
communities seized the opportunity provided through the national initiatives Educating …

Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of the Program in Palliative Care Education and
Practice (PCEP), an intensive faculty development program at Harvard Medical School …

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

Nursing education faces several challenges in providing quality and meaningful education.
Providing such an education is most important in teaching end-of-life care, as nurses are …

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 …

Given our ageing population and the increase in chronic disease, palliative care will
become an increasingly important part of doctors' workloads, with implications for palliative …