GMED 710F Palliative Care - OHSU

Credits: 2
This elective offers students the opportunity to work within an interdisciplinary team to develop skills and expertise to support patients living with serious illness. Most teaching occurs via supervised patient care with opportunities in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Examples of typical experiences include: performing bedside palliative care assessments of seriously ill patients, participating in care conferences, and working within a team as a consultant. The palliative care assessment includes serious illness communication strategies, pain/symptom management including opioid utilization, psychosocial assessment, prognostication, provision of goal concordant care, guidance on palliative care versus hospice enrollment, and the use of advanced directives and POLST forms.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit