Palliative and Hospice Care
Department:
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Family Medicine |
Specific Location:
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Bristol
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Instructor:
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Tom Townsend and Jason Moore
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Responsible Faculty:
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Jason Moore
423-990-3014
moorej@mail.etsu.edu
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Contact Person:
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Connie Clyburn
439-6740
Clyburn@mail.etsu.edu
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Initial Meeting-Place and Time:
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ETSU Family Physicians of Bristol
208 Medical Park Blvd
Bristol TN
9:00 AM Monday Morning (unless holiday) |
Periods Offered:
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All except first 2 (July) and
December |
Maximum Students per Period:
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2 |
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Goal:
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This two-week rotation is designed to students
to the concepts and practices of Palliative and Hospice Care.
They will become acquainted with community resources, physician
responsibility, and patient assessment. |
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this rotation, the student
should be able to
• complete a thorough, targeted medical home visit
• discuss end of life issues with patients and families
• address caregiver problems
• better utilize community resources
• assist in management of terminally ill patients in
hospice care
• present findings from home visit to interdisciplinary
team
• conduct a formal spiritual assessment
• be able to manage common problems in palliative
care
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Course Outline:
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Identify topics to be covered and type of
setting(s) students can expect to experience:
Students will spend time with clinicians and nurses
providing palliative care and hospice care in a variety of
settings including in-patient, office, hospice house, and home.
Students will round with Advanced Illness team, participate in
interdisciplinary meetings, conduct home visits with nurses,
and have lecture-discussion opportunities with experts in the
field.
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Methods of Instruction and Distribution of
Student's Time
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Methods of Instruction
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% Time
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Case-based learning
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Conference (informal topic centered meeting)
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15
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Directed study block (instructor assigns
topic)
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Exams
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Laboratory: type?
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Lectures (Instructor formally speaks before a group
on a subject)
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15
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Observation
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15
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Patient care activities:
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50
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Inpatient
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Outpatient
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Other: (describe)
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Preceptorship
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Review
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Self-directed learning- (student sets the
topic)
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Web-based course material
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5
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Other:
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Methods of Evaluation:
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Students will be evaluated based upon level of
participation and enthusiasm by preceptors. |
Proposed Rotation Schedule:
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Students will be given assignments at
orientation for the outline of the 2 weeks. Schedule will
include half days in hospital, office, home, and hospice
house. |
# of hours per week the student is expected be involved
in this rotation:
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Housing
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Mileage
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Per-diem
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