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PALLIATIVE CARE CURRICULUM FOR 3RD-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Award Number: R25CA098389
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/29/2003
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2008

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PALLIATIVE CARE CURRICULUM FOR 3RD-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Education of medical students about end-of-life care, palliative care and hospice care is poor. The Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) requires all medical schools to teach this subject. Prevalent medical school curricula are limited by providing for primarily didactic courses in the preclinical years. Therefore, development of a curriculum that can be incorporated into existing, already full medical school curricula is needed. We have been interested in medical student education at the Center for Palliative Studies at San Diego Hospice for many years. Our experience with a 16-hour course as part of the junior year rotation in medicine suggested that a longer, more structured course was needed. We successfully piloted a 32-hour curriculum for feasibility and to see if evaluation measures showed evidence of changes. We propose to study a 32-hour curriculum in hospice and palliative medicine. The curriculum is designed to introduce important knowledge and skills on the first day. Then students participate in the care of patients of San Diego Hospice, a teaching and research affiliate of the University of California, San Diego. They see patients both in the 24-bed inpatient unit and in the 450 patient census home care program. On the last day, they present a patient they have seen using a structured "whole patient assessment" in the context of an interdisciplinary team discussion. They present a subject to their classmates and present a "personal project" that represents their personal engagement with the subject of palliative care. The course will be evaluated using a self-assessment of competencies, attitudes and concerns and a 50 question test of knowledge. An assessment will be performed before the course, at the end of the course, during the senior year, and during residency. Data will be compared with residents who have not been through the course as well as with residents and faculty participating in another study of education.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2007 ( Subtotal = $86,782 )
2007	2007	SAN DIEGO HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CORPORATION	4311 THIRD AVENUE	SAN DIEGO	CA	92103	SAN DIEGO	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	5	8/14/2007	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$86,782
														Subtotal = $86,782

Issue Date FY: 2006 ( Subtotal = $87,425 )
2006	2006	SAN DIEGO HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CORPORATION	4311 THIRD AVENUE	SAN DIEGO	CA	92103	SAN DIEGO	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	4	8/21/2006	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$87,425
														Subtotal = $87,425

Issue Date FY: 2005 ( Subtotal = $315,206 )
2005	2005	SAN DIEGO HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CORPORATION	4311 THIRD AVENUE	SAN DIEGO	CA	92103	SAN DIEGO	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	3	8/23/2005	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$315,206
														Subtotal = $315,206

Issue Date FY: 2004 ( Subtotal = $306,024 )
2004	2004	SAN DIEGO HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CORPORATION	4311 THIRD AVENUE	SAN DIEGO	CA	92103	SAN DIEGO	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	2	8/20/2004	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$306,024
														Subtotal = $306,024

Issue Date FY: 2003 ( Subtotal = $297,111 )
2003	2003	SAN DIEGO HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CORPORATION	4311 THIRD AVENUE	SAN DIEGO	CA	92103	SAN DIEGO	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	1	9/29/2003	NEW	$297,111
														Subtotal = $297,111

Grand Total All Awards = $1,092,548

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PALLIATIVE CARE CURRICULUM FOR 3RD-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Award Number: R25CA098389

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/29/2003

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2008

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