-
Irish medical journal · Jul 2002
Ireland, the UK and Europe: a review of undergraduate medical education in palliative care.
- S Dowling and D Broomfield.
- Department of Family Medicine and General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.
- Ir Med J. 2002 Jul 1;95(7):215-6.
AbstractPalliative Care is an important and emerging medical speciality, formally recognised by the Irish Medical Council in June 1995. Three years previously, in 1992, the Association of Palliative Medicine for Great Britain and Ireland published an official curriculum for undergraduate medical education in palliative care. The European Association of Palliative Care held a workshop the following year and reported that, with the exception of the UK, education for medical students is incomplete. This review examines the evidence that European undergraduate medical education in palliative care is underdeveloped. Key elements of effective undergraduate teaching programmes in this discipline are identified. Finally, it is noted that little has been written about undergraduate palliative care education in Irish medical schools; the situation in this country is thus unknown. A study to determine current education in palliative care in Irish medical schools is required.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..