Background To improve the level of awareness in palliative care concepts, the new
curriculum at the University of Vienna includes sixteen hours of palliative care education …

Background To care for terminally ill and dying patients requires a thorough medical
education, encompassing skills, knowledge, and attitudes in the field of palliative care …

Background The need for palliative care is increasing. Since almost every junior doctor will
come across palliative care patients, it is important to include palliative care in the …

Background There is an increasing demand for universal, high-quality access to palliative
care in Austria. To ensure this, the implementation of palliative care in the medical studies …

Introduction: The effect of a curriculum without compulsory courses in palliative medicine on
students' knowledge, kills and attitudes towards the care of dying patients and decisions at …

ObjectivePalliative care training at basic, intermediate, and specialist levels, recommended
by the World Health Organization (WHO), is challenging to access in resource-poor …

Background A minority of European countries have compulsory training in palliative care
within all medical schools. The aim of the study was to examine palliative care education in …

Palliative medicine education is an important strategy in ensuring that the needs of
terminally ill patients are met. A review was conducted in 2007 of the undergraduate …

Background The practical year (PY) during the final year of medical education is intended to
deepen and broaden knowledge, skills, and abilities that were acquired during previous …

When the EAPC was formed in 1988 many European countries were still without Palliative
Care services and few medical schools taught Palliative Care. In those that did, the time …