Background: The number of medical undergraduate and postgraduate students completing
palliative care clinical rotations in Canadian medical schools is currently unknown. The aim …

Background: To improve the quality of care for dying patients, experts have called for all
clinicians to be able to provide a generalist level of palliative care. Core clinical clerkships …

As the baby boomer generation ages, the need for palliative care services will be paramount
and yet training for palliative care physicians is currently inadequate to meet the current …

Abstract Background and Objectives: Hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) is one of three
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited clinical subspecialties …

Previous literature demonstrates that current palliative care training is in need of
improvement for medical students in global, European and Canadian contexts. The training …

Background: In Switzerland, palliative care (PC) clinical training is well established at
undergraduate and specialist postgraduate levels. However, postgraduate nonspecialist …

The authors conducted a nine-item mail questionnaire of the 16 Canadian family medicine
teaching programme directors to determine the accessibility and operation of palliative care …

QUESTION ASKED: What are graduate medical education trainees' attitudes and beliefs
regarding palliative care, what is their awareness of the availability and role of palliative care …

Postgraduate education on palliative care for general practitioners in Belgium Questions
Method Results Reflections Page 1 Letter to the Editor Postgraduate education on palliative …

Fifty junior residents completed a six-month training period. An anonymous postal
questionnaire was sent to collect the residents' opinions on improvements in their …