Purpose To pilot test the “Palliative Care Clinical Evaluation Exercise (CEX),” a new
experience-based intervention to teach communication skills in giving bad news and …

According to section IV. B. 1. e of common residency program requirements from the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME),“[r] esidents must learn to …

Background: Physicians play a key role in the provision of quality end-of-life (EOL) care but
often lack requisite knowledge and skills. Residency programs must ensure training in …

Background: Although palliative care is recognized as an important component of medical
school curricula, the content and structure of education in the field is variable and often lacks …

Background Despite the benefits to early palliative care in the treatment of terminal illness,
barriers to timely hospice referrals exist. Physicians who are more comfortable having end-of …

Context: Dying is a natural process, yet physicians are often uncomfortable caring for dying
patients. Learners have limited exposure to curriculum on caring for dying patients and often …

Context: It is unclear how well prepared US senior medical students are to handle end-of-life
issues as they reach the end of medical school. Additionally, the most optimal way of …

Background: Despite an increase in the content of palliative medicine curricula in medical
schools, students are rarely exposed to end-of-life (EOL) care through real-patient …

Purpose To gather and leverage the voices of students to drive creation of required,
integrated palliative care curricula within undergraduate medical education in …

Abstract Background In 2000, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education required that all
medical schools provide experiential training in end-of-life care. To adhere to this mandate …