The needs of an aging population and advancements in the treatment of both chronic and
life-threatening diseases have resulted in increased demand for quality palliative care. The …

Palliative care has proven to be an important component during the care of seriously ill
oncology patients. In the past decade, early integration of both specialties demonstrated …

Background Nurses are involved in providing end-of-life care for end stage individuals and
their self-efficacy is one of the key factors bearing on such care. The purpose of this study …

Introduction Physician communication impacts patient outcomes. However, communication
skills, especially around difficult conversations, remain suboptimal, and there is no clear way …

Objective: To identify factors that hinder or facilitate the palliative care consultation team's
(PCCT) successful collaboration with other providers from the perspectives of both PCCT …

Background The growing need for palliative care (PC) among patients with serious illness is
outstripped by the short supply of PC specialists. This mismatch calls for competency of all …

Context Emergency medicine (EM) residents perceive palliative care (PC) skills as important
and want training, yet there is a general lack of formal PC training in EM residency …

Purpose It is challenging to add rigorous, competency-based communication skills training
to existing clerkship structures. The authors embedded a simulation-based mastery learning …

Background: Building palliative care capacity among all healthcare practitioners caring for
patients with chronic illnesses, who do not work in specialist palliative care services (non …

Context Symptom management is a priority area within palliative care core competencies for
generalist providers. Although several educational initiatives exist, a comprehensive …