A faculty development course was offered at the Medical College of Wisconsin to bolster existingmedical student and housestaff training opportunities in palliative medicine. An 8-week, 12 contact-hour course was designed to provide up to 15 faculty members training inthe practice and teaching of end-of-life care. Fifteen faculty registered, but only 10 attendedat least three of eight educational sessions. Educational formats included didactic presentations,case studies, study guides and completion of action plansexplicit plans for utilizationof newly learned material in clinical and educational practice. In a retrospective, pre/postself-evaluation, participants indicated poor or fair precourse knowledge and self-confidencein most areas of end-of-life care. Significant improvement in end-of-life knowledge and selfconfidencewas noted for eight of 11 content areas and in self-assessed education skills in sixof seven content areas. Although attendance was disappointing, the course was strongly endorsedby participating faculty. Faculty who attended at least three sessions reported significantimprovement in many aspects of end-of-life clinical care, as well as in self-confidenceand education skills, and were able to use the educational material to train a range of learners.Sample educational material is included with this report.
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