Abstract
Palliative care has gained considerable attention during
last few decades. Increasing demands by the society
owing to increased number of elderly and people with
chronic illnesses require increased number of health care
professionals with competence in providing palliative
care. The current review provides a summary of the
published literature pertaining to palliative care
education in surgical residency programmes
internationally and locally. Most surgical residency
programmes provide limited, if any, formal education in
knowledge and skills related to palliative and end of life
care. The situation is alarming in Pakistan where the
discipline is in infancy and resources are limited while the
demand for palliative care is increasing. Surgery can learn
lessons from other disciplines. Development and
integration of palliative medicine into most of the
existing postgraduate curricula continues to be a
challenge for the accreditation bodies and medical
educationists. Collaborative measures need to be taken
urgently at all levels.
Qamar Riaz, Muhammad Rizwan Khan. (2021) Status of the palliative care education in surgical postgraduate curriculum — implications for Pakistan , Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, Volume 71, Issue 1.
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