Program Overview

Overall Goal

To prepare physicians to become leaders in the fields of hospice and palliative medicine through a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship emphasizing:

• Diversity of training experiences and patient populations
• Didactic education and faculty mentoring in symptom management, interprofessional team functions and communication skills
• Skills development in teaching and quality improvement necessary for academic and community-based practice careers.

Number of Fellows

4 per year – 3 adult and 1 pediatrics track

Training Sites

Clinical Activities – Adult Fellowship

Educational Activities

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  One half-day per week is protected for academic activities, including one hour of Palliative Care Grand Rounds and two hours of palliative are didactics (view the
  Palliative Care & Hospice Program 
  curriculum)

• Self-Care and Resiliency Workshop (half-day per month of protected time)
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) Annual Assembly – all fellows attend and the program reimburses conference expenses

Teaching & Academic Activities

• Develop presentations on palliative care topics for health professionals and community audiences with faculty support and supervision
• Lead a program Journal Club session, Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement Conference, and a Palliative Care Grand Rounds presentation
• Receive education in quality improvement methodology and participate in a quality improvement project with faculty mentoring
• Facilitate workshops on serious illness communication, sharing serious information and giving feedback for medical students and residents with faculty supervision