Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Curriculum

Conferences and Didactics

Fellows participate in a robust educational curriculum that includes:

  • Pallitalk (Vital Talk curriculum hosted in Wisconsin and combined with fellows from the Midwest, including Mayo Clinic and University of Wisconsin)
  • The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care (hosted by the American Association for Hospice and Palliative Medicine)
  • LevelSet Leadership and Personal Development Program
  • Fellow Advancement in Clinical Education (FACE)
  • Schwartz Rounds monthly
  • Holden's Supportive & Palliative Care Grand Rounds monthly
  • University of Iowa Health Care Ethics conferences monthly
  • Weekly didactic sessions
  • Weekly interdisciplinary team meetings with core faculty, social work, chaplaincy, supportive care nursing, and music therapy

Fellows will expect to lead the following:

  • Medical student communication workshops (minimum 2 per year)
  • American Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Annual Assembly
  • Journal club quarterly at homes or restaurants
  • Case-based learning conferences (x2)
  • Research presentation
  • Ethics Rounds (x1)

Weekly didactic discussions will include but are not limited to symptom management, end-of-life care, goals of care and communication skills, mental health, oncology, neurology, geriatrics, ethics, cardiology, addiction medicine, and much more. These experiences foster clinical excellence, scholarly development, and interdisciplinary collaboration throughout the fellowship year.

Outpatient continuity clinic will be on Thursday mornings, with fellows rotating on an every-other-week basis. One fellow will be excused from their service duties to attend clinic while the other remains on their respective service, then switch the following week.

In addition, Thursday afternoons are protected time dedicated for both fellows as follows:

  • 13:00-14:00: Core didactics on a weekly basis with presentations and small group sessions with our faculty or faculty from other departments
  • 14:00-15:00: Weeks 1 and 3 will be board preparation. Weeks 2 and 4 will include time for research, presentation preparation, and personal development
  • 15:00-16:00: Every week will provide administrative time for patient logs, catching up on notes, wellness, return to service etc

For more information on the humanities curriculum, please visit the Leadership and Personal Development page.

Thursday schedule