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Course affiliated with (name of Organization/University) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program (Family medicine)
Country United States of America
State Texas
City Lubbock
Address 3601 4th Street, Lubbock TX 79430
The program leads an official or formal degree? Yes
Degrees
  • Fellowship
Target audiences
  • Physicians
Fields
  • Geriatric Palliative Care
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Opioid Misuse/Diversion
  • Palliative Care
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Pediatric Palliative Care
  • Spirituality
  • Symptom Management
  • Team Work
Languages
  • English
Frequency Once per year
Length 1 years
Modalities
  • Bedside teaching
  • Classroom
  • Hands-on Training
Cost of full tuition and fees Free for all
Director Dr. Kelly Klein, MD, FAAHPM, HMDC
Website https://www.ttuhsc.edu/medicine/family/fellowship/hospice-palliative.aspx
Contact name Mrs. Jennifer Zavala, Fellowship Coordinator
Phone 806.743.2238
Learning objectives 1 By the end of this fellowship, fellows will be expected to have excellent pain management skills.
Learning objectives 2 By the end of this fellowship, fellows will have an in depth understanding of the normal dying process.
Learning objectives 3 By the end of this fellowship, fellows will be expected to have excellent symptom management skills.
Description It is the overall goal of this fellowship to produce doctors that are competent in all aspects of fields of Hospice and Palliative Care. The fellows will be exposed to and work within teams who have built practices of excellence in these areas. We will use the guidelines provided in the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care as the key map of what objectives to pursue.
Vision: To Train fellows who will be competent in all areas of patient and family care in Hospice and Palliative Care, to become clinician leaders for the institutions in which they will work.
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Last update: April 25, 2024


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