End-of-life ethics content in the ten residencies offering Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
05/11/24 at 03:00 AM
End-of-life ethics content in the ten residencies offering Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; by Sara W. Youssef, Lauren E. Berninger, Danielle J. Doberman; 5/24
Ethics training is essential to hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) training. Ten residencies feed into HPM fellowship, but clinical ethics tested on board certification exams vary in content and weight across specialties. Given this variance, standardizing end of life ethics training for HPM fellowship programs presents an opportunity for educational improvement.