Intro to Palliative Care - South Puget Sound

4 credits

Inpatient setting. Students work on a palliative care team under direction of an attending physician, with special focus on communication and assisting patients with serious illness and their families with difficult decisions regarding care. Participation in interdisciplinary rounds, meetings with patients, symptom assessment, and interactions with other teams. Prerequisite: successful completion of UWSOM Foundation Phase curriculum. Offered: AWSpS.