Open AccessIncorporating palliative radiotherapy education into hospice and palliative medicine fellowship training: a feasibility study
Author(s) -
Emily J. Martin,
Vinit Nalawade,
James D. Murphy,
Joshua Jones
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm.2019.04.02
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , radiation therapy , intervention (counseling) , curriculum , descriptive statistics , radiation therapist , radiation oncology , family medicine , nursing , psychology , pedagogy , statistics , mathematics
Insufficient knowledge of radiotherapy among hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) physicians is a barrier to providing optimal palliative care. We sought to assess the impact of a palliative radiotherapy curriculum on the knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors of HPM fellows at a single institution.