Background University students are the future professionals who will influence society. It is
thus essential to improve students' understanding of palliative care (PC), especially those in …

Abstract Background: The School of Medicine of Austral University incorporated palliative
care as an elective in undergraduate medicine curriculum during 2010. Objective: We …

Background Palliative care (PC) education has become a priority in many European
countries where PC is quickly developing. There remains, however, a lack of information on …

Background The vast majority of medical students have no exposure to clinical palliative
care encounters, especially in the community. Medical schools should respond to current …

Introduction Society associates palliative care with" death" or" end of life", which cause them
fear and anxiety. In Spain, the media worsens the misunderstanding by depicting a wrong …

Introduction Teaching in palliative care (PC) is an important component of medical
education. Yet, studies in many countries document a fragmented and inconsistent …

Background International organisations recommend the inclusion of palliative care
undergraduate education as a way to meet increasing demand; the long-term effects …

Introduction: All doctors need to have knowledge of the basic principles of palliative care
(PC). Hence, in the past decades, there has been an increased attention to medical …

Aim: Identify the palliative care learning needs of healthcare students and determine the
acceptability of an innovative learning strategy for palliative care named competencia para …

Background Palliative care is the branch of medicine which has a target of setting focus on
the improvement of the quality of life of patients, particularly toward their end of life, such as …