Hospice and Palliative Care

Educational resources and teaching materials

This section contains essential documents and guidelines for Hospice and Palliative Medicine education, training, and certification. Here you'll find ACGME program requirements, curricular milestones, and certification blueprints that are crucial for students, residents, fellows, and program directors in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Program Requirements and Milestones

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Curricular Milestones

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

ABIM Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blueprint Maintenance Certification of Examination (MOC)

Curriculum development featured Articles

Curricular Reform in Serious Illness Communication and Palliative Care: Using Medical Students' Voices to Guide Change
Reidy JA, Brizzi K, Chan SH, Day H, Epstein SK, Fischer M, Garg PS, Gosline A, Jaramillo C, Livne E, Mitchell S, Morgan S, Olmsted MW, Stebbins P, Stumpf I, Vesel T, Yeh IM, Young ME, Goldman RE.
Acad Med. 2024 May 1;99(5):550-557. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005647. Epub 2024 Jan 29.
PMID: 38277443
Implementing spiritual care education into the teaching of palliative medicine: an outcome evaluation.
Batzler YN, Stricker N, Bakus S, Schallenburger M, Schwartz J, Neukirchen M.
BMC Med Educ. 2024 Apr 15;24(1):411. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05415-0.
PMID: 38622620
Mapping an undergraduate medical education curriculum against national and international palliative care reference learning objectives.
Murphy R, Barnes CJ, Enright PD, Gratton V, Bush SH.
BMC Med Educ. 2024 Feb 1;24(1):105. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05082-1.
PMID: 38303063
Free PMC article.
Palliative care teaching in the new internal medicine curriculum: Project ECHO-an innovative approach to postgraduate education.
Lee GC, Kyeremateng S, Taylor P, Jones C, Hammond P, McTague L.
BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2023 Jun;13(2):247-254. doi: 10.1136/spcare-2022-004008. Epub 2023 Apr 7.
PMID: 37028918
Palliative Care Education for Surgical Residents: Current Practices and Future Directions
Allar BG, Weinstock J, Buss MK, Kent TS.
J Surg Educ. 2022 Jan-Feb;79(1):3-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.06.021. Epub 2021 Aug 1.
PMID: 34344640
The applicability of the "surprise question" as a prognostic tool in patients with severe chronic comorbidities in a university teaching outpatient setting.
Lin CA, Pires PP, Freitas LV, Reis PVS, Silva FD, Herbst LG, Nunes R, Lin CJ, Nunes MPT.
BMC Med Educ. 2023 Oct 12;23(1):761. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04714-2.
PMID: 37828485
How effective is undergraduate palliative care teaching for medical students? A systematic literature review.
Boland JW, Brown MEL, Duenas A, Finn GM, Gibbins J.
BMJ Open. 2020 Sep 9;10(9):e036458. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036458.
PMID: 32912945
Palliative care teaching: Student perspective.
Sabir A, Fairey M, Bayne M.
Med Teach. 2020 Mar;42(3):356. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2019.1620929. Epub 2019 Jun 7.
PMID: 31170858
Twelve tips for developing palliative care teaching in an undergraduate curriculum for medical students
Boland JW, Barclay S, Gibbins J.
Med Teach. 2019 Dec;41(12):1359-1365. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1533243. Epub 2019 Jan 28.
PMID: 30689479

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