… access to palliative care across all settings and communities is met. We describe building
a … palliative and end-of-life care curriculum for medical undergraduates at our university. As …

… of palliative care teaching into undergraduate courses, and to … them to incorporate or improve
their teaching of palliative care. … in the set-up and ongoing incorporation of palliative care …

… ) reports on the University of Wisconsin palliative care curriculum, which is integrated into all
areas of the undergraduate curriculum, in both acute and community settings. It comprises a …

… Physicians working in almost all specialties and in many care settings ranging from home
and long-term care to outpatient clinics and acute hospitals are often tasked with taking …

… This was an important consideration as many students’ first clinical placement will be in a
palliative care or aged care environment, where they are likely to encounter the death of a …

… Sixty percent of the curricula had formal education in palliative care, … palliative care services
underwent a great development and became an essential component within health services …

… Physicians working in nearly all specialties and many care settings regularly have to provide
palliative care to the chronically and terminally ill. They should, therefore, acquire in their …

… The key practice points include: clinical exposure to patients with palliative care needs …
university for curricular time and development, visits to a hospice/inpatient palliative care facility, …

… However, the vast majority of patients with chronic disease, who would benefit from palliative
care services, are unable to access such services by virtue of their diagnosis. There is …

… This finding is consistent with a recent systematic review which found that among nurses
working in a non-specialist palliative care setting participants demonstrated good knowledge of …