Palliative Medicine Physician Education in the United States: A Historical Review

Abstract

In this review we discuss the history of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) physician education in the United States over the last 20 years, as there has been dramatic growth in our specialty during this time. A Medline literature search was completed and we surveyed leaders in the field of HPM education regarding their experiences in promoting palliative medicine education. Educators were selected based on their peer reviewed publications on key educational initiatives since 1990. A survey tool was designed and emailed to 18 educators across the country and follow-up phone interviews were done to further explore specific questions. The survey and interviews sought information about major palliative care education milestones, instrumental projects, and barriers to further development of palliative medicine education.

Mentoring in Palliative Medicine: Guiding Program Design through Thematic Analysis of Mentoring in Internal Medicine between 2000 and 2015

“…However, mentoring in Palliative Medicine remains poorly studied [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. This gap is made more evident in the face of mushrooming Palliative Medicine programs in postgraduate and undergraduate settings that increasingly acknowledge the need for mentoring programs to advance training and support trainees [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”

Towards a Practice Guided Evidence Based Theory of Mentoring in Palliative Care

“…Training clinicians from different clinical specialties, professional backgrounds and experience in the ethos and practice of palliative care is thus complicated not least, as many require mosaic training which sees training provided by palliativists from different clinical backgrounds [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Physicians, nurses and social workers for example often receive training from senior palliative care doctors, nurses and social workers [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

“…Mentoring is increasingly seen as an effective means of providing holistic support for palliative care clinicians [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Yet no reports of mentoring programs within palliative care exist save for recommendations for the use of mosaic mentoring which would see learners mentored by palliativists from different clinical backgrounds [5][6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

“…Yet no reports of mentoring programs within palliative care exist save for recommendations for the use of mosaic mentoring which would see learners mentored by palliativists from different clinical backgrounds [5][6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

Toward an Interprofessional Mentoring Program in Palliative Care - A Review of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Mentoring in Medicine, Nursing, Surgery and Social Work

“…Involvement of different healthcare disciplines in the provision of care and support to patients and their families necessitates that Palliative Care education adopt a holistic and multi-professional approach. Mentoring is increasingly seen, as an effective means of addressing this need [3][4][5][6][7][8].…”