Curriculum
Our fellows’ rotational experiences occur across the health delivery spectrum and meet the ACGME requirements for a palliative medicine fellowship. The core educational experience occurs in the inpatient setting with increasing responsibility and autonomy occurring throughout the yearlong experience.
Below is the curriculum for the year:
Rotation | Number of 4 week blocks |
Inpatient | 6 blocks |
Inpatient hospice | 1 block |
Home hospice | 1.5 blocks |
Home-based palliative care | 0.5 blocks |
Pediatrics | 1 block |
Long-term care | 1 block |
Elective | 1 block |
Vacation/CME | 3 weeks vacation / 1 week CME |
Elective opportunities include radiation oncology, interventional pain, psychiatry, oncology and cardiology.