{"id":39,"date":"2026-05-22T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/pcare\/fellowship\/faculty\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:43:19","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/fellowship\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<h3>Overall Goal<\/h3>\n<p>To prepare physicians to become leaders in the fields of hospice and palliative medicine through a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship emphasizing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\">Diversity of training experiences and patient populations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\">Didactic education and faculty mentoring in symptom management, interprofessional team functions and communication skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\">Skills development in teaching and quality improvement necessary for academic and community-based practice careers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1034px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3960 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-Fellowship-Graduation_CROP-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Fellowship Graduation\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-Fellowship-Graduation_CROP-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-Fellowship-Graduation_CROP-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-Fellowship-Graduation_CROP-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-Fellowship-Graduation_CROP-1536x747.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-Fellowship-Graduation_CROP-2048x995.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-Fellowship-Graduation_CROP-600x292.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">2025 Fellowship Graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Number of Fellows<\/h3>\n<p>4 per year &#8211;\u00a03 adult and 1 pediatrics track<\/p>\n<h3>Training Sites<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-7 col-md-7 col-xs-12 col-sm-7 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unchealth.org\/care-services\/locations\/unc-hospitals-chapel-hill\">UNC Hospital Chapel Hill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncmedicalcenter.org\/uncmc\/hospitals-locations\/profile\/unc-hospitals-hillsborough-campus\/\">UNC Hospital Hillsborough Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncmedicalcenter.org\/uncmc\/care-treatment\/hospice\/\">UNC Hospice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 col-md-5 col-xs-12 col-sm-5 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unchealth.org\/care-services\/locations\/state-employees-credit-union-secu-jim-and-betsy-bryan-hospice-home-of-unc-health-pittsboro\">UNC Inpatient Hospice Unit Pittsboro, NC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitionslifecare.org\/\">Transitions LifeCare Raleigh, NC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Clinical Activities &#8211; Adult Fellowship<\/h3>\n<table width=\"100%\" class=\"table  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" style=\"table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead><tr>\n<th>Rotation<\/th>\n<th>Weeks<\/th>\n<\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>UNC Palliative Care Consult Service<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UNC Hospice (home &amp; inpatient hospice)<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UNC Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care Clinic<\/td>\n<td>1\/2 day a week; minimum 6 months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Transitions LifeCare (home &amp; long-term hospice and palliative care) <\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Radiation Oncology, Anesthesia\/Pain, Addiction Medicine<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NC Children\u2019s Hospital Supportive Care Team<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UNC Consult-Liaison Psychiatry Consultation Service<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elective<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Academic Project (Quality Improvement, Education, Research)<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vacation &amp; AAHPM meeting<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<tr><\/tr>\n<td>Hillsborough Hospital Palliative Care Consults<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Educational Activities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3959\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 435px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-2026-Fellowship-Wellness-Session_CROP-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2025-2026 Fellowship Wellness Session\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-2026-Fellowship-Wellness-Session_CROP-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-2026-Fellowship-Wellness-Session_CROP-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-2026-Fellowship-Wellness-Session_CROP-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-2026-Fellowship-Wellness-Session_CROP-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-2026-Fellowship-Wellness-Session_CROP-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-2026-Fellowship-Wellness-Session_CROP-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/05\/2025-2026-Fellowship-Wellness-Session_CROP-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">2025-2026 Fellowship Wellness Session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/fellowship\/curriculum\/\">Palliative Care &amp; Hospice Program\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\ncurriculum)<\/li>\n<li>Self-Care and Resiliency Workshop (half-day per month of protected time)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aahpm.org\/education-events\/annual-assembly\/about-assembly\/\">American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) Annual Assembly<\/a> \u2013 all fellows attend and the program reimburses conference expenses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Teaching &amp; Academic Activities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop presentations on palliative care topics for health professionals and community audiences with faculty support and supervision<\/li>\n<li>Lead a program Journal Club session, Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement Conference, and a Palliative Care Grand Rounds presentation<\/li>\n<li>Receive education in quality improvement methodology and participate in a quality improvement project with faculty mentoring<\/li>\n<li>Facilitate workshops on serious illness communication, sharing serious information and giving feedback for medical students and residents with faculty supervision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; 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