In addition to our clinical work, the Penn Palliative Care Program is also deeply committed to education and training. The program operates a competitive fellowship program and serves as a core teaching site for learners from medicine, nursing, social work, and chaplaincy. In addition, our Serious Illness Communication Program has trained over 700 colleagues from across Penn Medicine – including the entirety of the Oncology Service Line – resulting in thousands of documented conversations to date regarding patients’ goals, values, and priorities.
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The Palliative Care Program is dedicated to training future leaders in the field of palliative care and hospice. The philosophy of our training program is to provide a strong core curriculum to all learners, and we are committed to working with each learner to develop an educational experience tailored to their unique career goals.
Learn about our innovative program that trains clinicians on a tool for talking with patients with serious illnesses about their goals, values, and priorities.
Learn about our 8-week on-site summer program for medical students from backgrounds that are underrepresented or historically excluded from medicine.
Learn about other training opportunities for Penn Medicine colleagues as well as learners in medicine, nursing, social work, and chaplaincy.
Learn about our CARE-7 Palliative Care Curriculum.