Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Oct 2016
Progress and divergence in palliativecare education for medical students: A comparative survey of UK course structure, content, delivery, contact with patients and assessment of learning.
Effective undergraduate education is required to enable newly qualified doctors to safely care for patients with palliative care and end-of-life needs. The status of palliative care teaching for UK medical students is unknown. ⋯ Undergraduate palliative care training continues to evolve with greater integration, increased teaching, new delivery methods and wider assessment. There is a trend towards increased patient contact and clinical involvement. A minority of medical schools offer limited teaching and patient contact which could impact on the delivery of safe palliative care by newly qualified doctors.
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Palliative medicine · Oct 2016
What palliative care-related problems do patients with drug-resistant or drug-susceptible tuberculosis experience on admission to hospital? A cross-sectional self-report study.
The new World Health Organization's 'End TB' strategy specifies palliative care within its strategic pillars. Limited data on patient-reported problems are available to inform an effective care response. ⋯ Currently, patients with drug-susceptible tuberculosis are only admitted to hospital with complications, explaining their worse scores. The high burden of physical and psychosocial problems experienced by our sample provides strong evidence of the need for palliative care alongside potentially curative options.