Inpatient Palliative Medicine

Catalog Description: The course is intended to introduce students to the field of palliative care. The rotation will be based out of University of Minnesota Medical Center. Primarily students will spend the rotation working on the inpatient palliative care consult team, seeing inpatient consults with physicians and other practitioners on the multidisciplinary team, including advanced practice providers, social workers, and spiritual health providers. This course is included in Family  Medicine because of the importance of this topic to successful primary care practice, however students will not necessarily work with family medicine physicians. Additionally, students planning on attending any type of residency program (not just family medicine) are encouraged to register, as training in palliative care concepts is relevant to all areas of medicine.

Syllabus

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Required session attendance: Does not apply

Typical weekly schedule/Delivery Mode: M-F, 7:30am-5:00pm

Direct patient care: Yes

Consent Requirement: Open to student scheduling

Grading Scale: P/N

Allow repetition of course: Repetition not allowed

Course equivalency: Does not apply