a) National Survey of Palliative and End of Life Care Teaching in UK Medical Schools

 

Research contact

Dr Thomas Weetman, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Medical Education and Palliative Medicine
Email: tw545@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Project length

2020-2021

Summary

This is the fifth iteration of a survey first undertaken in 1983, which has been repeated every ten years or so. It asks the Leads for Palliative Care teaching at each UK-based medical school a number of questions regarding how Palliative Care teaching fits into the curriculum as well as how learning is coordinated, facilitated and assessed. The current survey will also inquire into the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on teaching Palliative Care, with the aim of seeing what might be learnt from this challenging time, particularly in regard to virtual learning and telecommunications.

The survey is soon to be underway.

Funding

No additional funding