| Course affiliated with (name of Organization/University) | University of Washington |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Washington |
| City | Seattle |
| Address | 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195 |
| The program leads an official or formal degree? | No |
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| Frequency | Once per year |
| Length | 9 months |
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| Cost of full tuition and fees | Same rate/cost for all |
| Director | Amy Trowbridge MD, Michael Light MSW MPH, Kristen Childress DNP & Helene Starks PhD MPH |
| Website | https://pctc.uw.edu/ |
| Contact name | Admissions Team |
| Phone | 7204274251 |
| Learning objectives 1 | To prepare the student with foundational skills in narrative and person‐centered care in the context of advance care planning and initial palliative care assessments as well as pain and symptom management. |
| Learning objectives 2 | To build on the foundational skills developed in the first quarter to increase competency in the concepts and skills needed to deliver high quality, integrated, person-centered palliative care within an interprofessional team. |
| Learning objectives 3 | To prepare the student to integrate team-based palliative care into a larger system. Specific content includes identifying stakeholders, engaging leadership to support palliative care, and using quality metrics to leverage support and ensure quality of care. |
| Description | This interprofessional curriculum is designed for practicing healthcare professionals from nursing, medicine, social work, spiritual care, and other disciplines seeking specialty training in palliative care. The 9-month graduate certificate includes three 5-credit courses taken sequentially in the Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters. This is a hybrid program that includes both online and in-person instruction. The online instruction includes self-paced online modules and monthly live webinars. There is a required 2.5 day workshop each quarter of the course. |
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