Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：自医学研究所的《接近死亡》文件等报告发表以来，姑息治疗教育取得了很大进展，特别是对住院医生和工作人员护士的教育。然而，许多卫生保健专业的学生仍然缺乏与姑息治疗相关的教育和临床经验。此外，他们缺乏与其他学科合作提供全面姑息治疗的准备。我们建议为护理、医学和其他与健康相关学科的研究生制定并实施一项基于大学的跨学科姑息治疗教育计划。我们在支持拟议项目的发展方面处于有利地位，因为a)我们的机构坚定地致力于这一教育事业；b)我们有一支跨学科的师资队伍，他们已经开始开发姑息治疗的研究项目，并将姑息治疗纳入研究生课程。一个跨学科咨询委员会已经成立，以监督跨学科姑息治疗教育计划的发展、实施、评估和传播。在五年的项目期间，我们将a)开发和实施一项新的跨学科姑息治疗教育计划，该计划建立在现有的临终关怀和姑息治疗倡议的基础上，并结合跨学科的教学课程、病例会议和面向研究生水平的医疗保健学生的临床活动；b)对拟议的跨学科姑息治疗教育计划实施综合评估计划；c)维持拉什大学医学中心的跨学科姑息治疗教育项目，并通过分享我们的经验、课程和临床材料，将这种教育模式传播到其他学术医学中心。我们预计，拟议的项目将大大加强我们的卫生保健专业学生和教师之间的合作，并提高对癌症和其他限制生命的疾病需要姑息治疗的患者的护理质量。鉴于有大量的人需要姑息治疗，对这种教育项目的需求是巨大的。为医疗保健专业学生提供最先进的姑息治疗知识和技能，以及跨学科合作的经验，将为患者提供高质量的姑息治疗。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Much progress has been made in palliative care education since publication of reports such as the Institute of Medicine's Approaching Death document, especially for medical residents and staff nurses. However, many health care professional students continue to have limited education and clinical experience related to palliative care. Additionally, they lack the preparation to collaborate with other disciplines to provide comprehensive palliative care. We propose to develop and implement a novel university-based, Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Education Program for graduate students in nursing, medicine, and other health-related disciplines. We are in a strong position to support development of the proposed program because a) our institution is firmly committed to this educational endeavor and b) we have a cadre of interdisciplinary faculty who have begun to develop research programs in palliative care and to integrate palliative care into the graduate curricula. An interdisciplinary advisory committee has been established to oversee the development, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of the Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Education Program. Over the five-year project period, we will a) develop and implement a novel Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Education Program that builds upon existing end-of-life and palliative care initiatives and incorporates interdisciplinary didactic coursework, case conferences, and clinical activities for graduate-level health care students; b) implement a comprehensive evaluation plan for the proposed Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Education Program; and c) sustain the Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Education Program within Rush University Medical Center and disseminate the education model to other academic medical centers by sharing our experiences and course and clinical materials. We anticipate that the proposed program will significantly enhance collaborations among our health care professional students and faculty and improve the quality of care for patients requiring palliative care for cancer and other life limiting illnesses. Given the large number of persons in need of palliative care, the need for this kind of educational program is tremendous. Providing health care professional students with the state-of-the art knowledge and skills in palliative care and experiences in interdisciplinary collaboration will offer patients a superior quality of palliative care.