Open AccessAn Interprofessional Primary Palliative Care Curriculum for Health Care Trainees and Practicing Clinicians
Author(s) -
Brook Calton,
Naomi Tzril Saks,
Thomas Reid,
Nancy Shepard-Lopez,
Bridget Sumser
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
palliative medicine reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2689-2820
DOI - 10.1089/pmr.2021.0074
Subject(s) - curriculum , palliative care , medicine , interprofessional education , medical education , nursing , health care , quality of life (healthcare) , family medicine , psychology , pedagogy , economics , economic growth
Equipping all interprofessional clinicians with foundational palliative care competencies is essential to address the complex needs of the growing number of adults living with chronic, progressive, or life-threatening serious illness. There is a paucity of high-quality, open-access primary palliative care curricula and to the best of our knowledge, none designed interprofessionally.