MEDICINE427C
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Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Department of MedicineMED - School of Medicine(Grp)
Subject
MEDICINE
Catalog Number
427C
Title
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Course Description
Hospice and Palliative Medicine is a specialty that is focused on the treatment of patients living with serious illness. Comprehensive care, including physical (primarily symptom management), psychological, and spiritual care, is provided by an interdisciplinary team to patients and families to help alleviate suffering and promote quality of life. This 2-week (Monday-Friday), 2-credit elective provides students the opportunity to observe and work alongside palliative care practitioners in inpatient settings including the palliative care consult services at Duke University Hospital and Duke Regional Hospital, as well as inpatient hospice exposure through Duke Home Care & Hospice. The importance of interdisciplinary teamwork will be emphasized. You will arrive at your assigned site at 8:30AM on the first day; a personalized schedule with further details will be sent to you by email prior to the first day.
Attendance/Absence Policy: This is a 10-day rotation and students are required to be present with the team a minimum of 9 days (90% of the course) in order to make the most of the rotation and to ensure that our clinicians are able to appropriately assess and grade the learning experience. If students need to miss more than 2 days of the rotation they will need to drop the course at least 10 days prior to the start date to allow time for other learners to have an opportunity to enroll. All absences must be approved by the course director (Dr. Neha Kayastha) before the start of your rotation. Any absence without prior notification of the course director is considered unexcused unless documentation of inability to make those contacts is provided. Any absence not approved by the course director for a required part of a course is considered unexcused. An unexcused absence will have a negative impact on the student's grade or evaluation and may result in a Code of Professional Conduct charge if deemed unprofessional behavior. A pattern of unexcused absences will result in an unsatisfactory grade.
Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment. A special permission number will be required to register for this course. Please email Jennifer.bowen@duke.edu to obtain the special permission number. Once you are registered for the course, please email jennifer.bowen@duke.edu to request your preferred 2 weeks during the 4 week block (either the first 2 weeks or the second 2 weeks of the block). Jennifer will confirm the 2 weeks that are assigned to you via email (the preferred 2 weeks goes to the person who requests it first). NOTE: Students must also notify the course director and/or Jennifer Bowen if they drop the course.
For more information, contact the course director Dr. Neha Kayastha and the educational admin Jennifer Bowen via email at neha.kayastha@duke.edu and jennifer.bowen@duke.edu. Credit: 2 Enrollment max: 2. Neha Kayastha, MD; and other faculty providers, Alisha Benner, MD; Ashley Allen, MD; David Casarett, MD; Farr Curlin, MD; David Fisher, MD; Jonathan Fischer, MD; Sarah Gall, MD; Kimberly Johnson, MD; Chris Jones, MD; Karen Jooste, MD; Megan Jordan, MD; Neha Kayastha, MD; Amy Lee, MD; Delani Mann, MD ; Kristin Meade, MD; Wil Santivasi, MD; APP's: Jennifer Gentry, DNP; Samantha Slowinski, NP; Paula McKinzie, NP; Leigh Howard, NP; Lindsey Jackson, NP; Ashley Toscano, LCSW; Eileen Williams, LCSW; as well as rounding chaplains at all three clinical sites.
Attendance/Absence Policy: This is a 10-day rotation and students are required to be present with the team a minimum of 9 days (90% of the course) in order to make the most of the rotation and to ensure that our clinicians are able to appropriately assess and grade the learning experience. If students need to miss more than 2 days of the rotation they will need to drop the course at least 10 days prior to the start date to allow time for other learners to have an opportunity to enroll. All absences must be approved by the course director (Dr. Neha Kayastha) before the start of your rotation. Any absence without prior notification of the course director is considered unexcused unless documentation of inability to make those contacts is provided. Any absence not approved by the course director for a required part of a course is considered unexcused. An unexcused absence will have a negative impact on the student's grade or evaluation and may result in a Code of Professional Conduct charge if deemed unprofessional behavior. A pattern of unexcused absences will result in an unsatisfactory grade.
Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment. A special permission number will be required to register for this course. Please email Jennifer.bowen@duke.edu to obtain the special permission number. Once you are registered for the course, please email jennifer.bowen@duke.edu to request your preferred 2 weeks during the 4 week block (either the first 2 weeks or the second 2 weeks of the block). Jennifer will confirm the 2 weeks that are assigned to you via email (the preferred 2 weeks goes to the person who requests it first). NOTE: Students must also notify the course director and/or Jennifer Bowen if they drop the course.
For more information, contact the course director Dr. Neha Kayastha and the educational admin Jennifer Bowen via email at neha.kayastha@duke.edu and jennifer.bowen@duke.edu. Credit: 2 Enrollment max: 2. Neha Kayastha, MD; and other faculty providers, Alisha Benner, MD; Ashley Allen, MD; David Casarett, MD; Farr Curlin, MD; David Fisher, MD; Jonathan Fischer, MD; Sarah Gall, MD; Kimberly Johnson, MD; Chris Jones, MD; Karen Jooste, MD; Megan Jordan, MD; Neha Kayastha, MD; Amy Lee, MD; Delani Mann, MD ; Kristin Meade, MD; Wil Santivasi, MD; APP's: Jennifer Gentry, DNP; Samantha Slowinski, NP; Paula McKinzie, NP; Leigh Howard, NP; Lindsey Jackson, NP; Ashley Toscano, LCSW; Eileen Williams, LCSW; as well as rounding chaplains at all three clinical sites.
Grading Basis
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Consent (Permission Number)
No Special Consent Required
Min Units
2
Max Units
2
Clinical