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 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: A proportion of newly qualified doctors report feeling unprepared to manage
patients with palliative care and end-of-life needs. This may be related to barriers within their …

Abstract Background and Objective: While palliative care is becoming more important in
today's health system, the major barrier to improving the quality of palliative care appears to …

Purpose:(1) To assess British medical students' experiences and education in palliative
care.(2) To compare experiences and education in palliative care between medical students …

Purpose: There is an increasing demand for quality palliative care teaching within
undergraduate medical education. Studies suggest that many junior doctors feel …

Background: In the past, implementation of effective palliative care curricula has emerged as
a priority in medical education. In order to gain insight into medical students' needs and …

Background Palliative care (PC) education has become a priority in many European
countries where PC is quickly developing. There remains, however, a lack of information on …

Palliative care is central to the role of all clinical doctors. There is variability in the amount
and type of teaching about palliative care at undergraduate level. Time allocated for such …

Studies assessing palliative care education in US medical schools reveal that little attention
is paid to this topic. Although core competencies have been defined, few schools have …