From: Undergraduate curriculum in palliative medicine at Tampere University increases students’ knowledge
Year | Title (Section in the EAPC syllabus) | Specialty | Teaching method | Hours |
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1 | Introduction to medical ethics (E) | Medical ethics | Interactive seminar | 3 |
2 | Physiology and pharmacology of pain (S) | Pharmacology | Lecture | 1 |
Communication skills (C) | General medicine | Lecture, Workshop | 4.5 | |
The end-of-life (B) | Geriatrics | Lecture | 1.5 | |
3 | Basics of palliative care (B) | Palliative medicine | Lecture | 0.5 |
End-of-life care (B) | Palliative medicine | Interactive seminar, Patient contacts | 1.5 | |
Basics of cancer pain management (B) | Palliative medicine | Lecture | 0.75 | |
Euthanasia (E)a | Palliative medicine | Interactive seminar | 3 | |
Communication skills (C) | General medicine | Role play, Workshop | 3 | |
4 | Facing the family of dying patient (C) | General medicine | Workshop | 2 |
Ethics in decision making (E) | Anesthesiology | Lecture | 0.75 | |
Fatigue in cancer patient (S) | Palliative medicine | Lecture | 0.75 | |
Chronic pain (S) | Neurology | Lecture | 0.75 | |
Pain and analgesics (S) | Pharmacology | Lecture | 1.5 | |
Pain (S) | Pharmacology | Interactive seminar | 1.5 | |
5-6 | Symptom management in palliative care (S) | Palliative medicine | Interactive seminar, Patient contacts | 10 |
Social security in cancer patients (P) | Oncology | Lecture | 0.75 | |
Psychological crisis in cancer (P) | Oncology | Lecture | 0.75 | |
End-of-life care in elderly (S) | Geriatrics | Lecture, Patient contacts | 3.5 | |
Constitution of a human (P) | Geriatrics | Lecture | 1.5 | |
Pain (S) | Anesthesiology | Workshop | 1.5 | |
Neuropathic pain (S) | Neurology | Interactive seminar | 1.5 | |
Palliative medicine (S) | Palliative medicine | Interactive seminar | 5 | |
Alternative medicine (S) | Palliative medicine | Interactive seminar | 3 |