{"id":2572,"date":"2024-08-31T00:02:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T04:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/?page_id=2572"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:39:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:39:29","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/fellowship\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the year, fellows will have a dedicated half-day of didactic teaching sessions every week with no clinical responsibilities during that time. These sessions are a safe space for small-group learning, exploration, and growth through interactive discussions. Sessions are led by interdisciplinary palliative care faculty at UNC and Transitions LifeCare as well as experts from throughout the UNC Health System. Below is the anticipated list of didactics for the 2025-2026 fellowship year:<\/p>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad12a1\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advanced Disease Processes:\"    >Advanced Disease Processes:<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad12a1\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Advanced Heart Failure<\/li>\n<li>Depression and Anxiety<\/li>\n<li>Neurocritical Care and Neuroprognostication<\/li>\n<li>Neuropsychology<\/li>\n<li>Renal Palliative Care<\/li>\n<li>Liver Disease<\/li>\n<li>Dementia ACP Training<\/li>\n<li>Sickle Cell Disease<\/li>\n<li>Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad148b\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Communication\"    >Communication<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad148b\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>How to Introduce Palliative Care to Patients and Families<\/li>\n<li>Consultation Etiquette<\/li>\n<li>Best Case\/Worst Case Communication<\/li>\n<li>Code Status Discussions<\/li>\n<li>Best Practices for Family Meetings<\/li>\n<li>Supporting Children of Seriously Ill Patients<\/li>\n<li>Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Palliative Care Providers<\/li>\n<li>Capacity Assessment<\/li>\n<li>Advance Directives<\/li>\n<li>Assessing Decision-Making Capacity<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad1556\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Caring for the Diverse Population of North Carolina\"    >Caring for the Diverse Population of North Carolina<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad1556\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Best Practices in Using Interpreters<\/li>\n<li>Social Location and Worldview<\/li>\n<li>Worldview and Power Dynamics<\/li>\n<li>Cultural Considerations at End of Life<\/li>\n<li>Disparities in Pain Management<\/li>\n<li>Stories of African-American Mistrust<\/li>\n<li>Correctional Palliative Care<\/li>\n<li>Isms in the Clinic<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad162b\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Hospice\/End-of-life Care\"    >Hospice\/End-of-life Care<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad162b\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Intro to Hospice<\/li>\n<li>Artificial Nutrition\/Hydration at End of Life<\/li>\n<li>Syndrome of Imminent Death<\/li>\n<li>Palliative Sedation<\/li>\n<li>Principle of Double Effect<\/li>\n<li>Prognostication<\/li>\n<li>Hospice Documentation- CTI\u2019s and F2F\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Care at the Time of Death<\/li>\n<li>Compassionate Extubation<\/li>\n<li>Medical Aid in Dying<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad16e5\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Professional Development\"    >Professional Development<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad16e5\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>CV\u2019s, Cover Letters, Networking, Interviewing<\/li>\n<li>How to Craft the Right Job for You<\/li>\n<li>Working with the Interdisciplinary Team<\/li>\n<li>Mentoring<\/li>\n<li>Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Practical Ethics<\/li>\n<li>Interactive Ethics Case Review<\/li>\n<li>Financial Planning<\/li>\n<li>Professionalism<\/li>\n<li>Teaching Communication in Real Time<\/li>\n<li>Preparing for the HPM Boards<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad1768\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Resiliency\"    >Resiliency<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad1768\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Things No One Told You About Hospice and Palliative Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Writing Condolence Notes<\/li>\n<li>Narrative Writing Curriculum (five sessions)<\/li>\n<li>Being a Woman in Medicine<br \/>\n**Fellows will have an additional half-day per month of protected time as part of their resiliency curriculum.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad17eb\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Scholarship\"    >Scholarship<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad17eb\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Intro to Scholarship<\/li>\n<li>Career Planning<\/li>\n<li>Writing a Scientific Abstract<\/li>\n<li>Simulated Root Cause Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Clinical Practice Guideline Development<br \/>\n**Many sessions throughout the year are also set aside for fellows to work on their QI projects<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad1881\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Symptom Management\"    >Symptom Management<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad1881\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Intro to Opioids<\/li>\n<li>History of Opioids<\/li>\n<li>Opioid Conversions<\/li>\n<li>PCA\u2019s and Fentanyl<\/li>\n<li>Methadone<\/li>\n<li>Buprenorphine<\/li>\n<li>Ketamine<\/li>\n<li>OUD and Palliative Care<\/li>\n<li>Psychopharmacology<\/li>\n<li>QTc Monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Delirium<\/li>\n<li>Nausea and Vomiting, Mucositis, Hiccups<\/li>\n<li>Psychedelics<\/li>\n<li>Malignant Bowel Obstruction<\/li>\n<li>Anorexia Cachexia Syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Medical Cannabis<\/li>\n<li>Pain and Dyspnea Assessment for Non-verbal Patients<\/li>\n<li>Management of Dyspnea<\/li>\n<li>Radiation Oncology and Palliative Care<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad193d\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Whole Person Concerns\"    >Whole Person Concerns<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad193d\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Writing Condolence Letters<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Spiritual Care\/Chaplaincy<\/li>\n<li>The Role of Spiritual Care<\/li>\n<li>Spiritual Care Assessment Models<\/li>\n<li>Dignity Therapy<\/li>\n<li>Caregiving<\/li>\n<li>Miracles and God Language<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d01c4ad1a18\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Pediatrics\"    >Pediatrics<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d01c4ad1a18\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Intro to Pediatric Palliative Care<\/li>\n<li>Ages and Stages of Grief<\/li>\n<li>Pediatric Spiritual Care<\/li>\n<li>Pediatric Pain Management<\/li>\n<li>Management of Non-Pain Symptoms in Pediatric Palliative Care<\/li>\n<li>Peds Oncology Palliative Care<\/li>\n<li>Caring for Children with Severe Neurologic Impairment<\/li>\n<li>Peds Concurrent Care Hospice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the year, fellows 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