Curriculum in Palliative Care for Undergraduate Medical Education (2007)

Completed 2007.

The Task Force, chaired by Marilene Filbet finished the “Curriculum in Palliative Care for Undergraduate Medical Education – Recommendations of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)”, that can be downloaded here.

The steps for the realisation where the following:

First draft 2005
Sent to the advisory board 2006, review process

Document approved but slight changes are made:New document 2007
Approved by the EAPC board in January 2007
Launch on the EAPC web site and Budapest congress in June 2007

The review process:

The document was sent with a review form to a group of experts and the presidents of the board of the collective members association. Changes to the final document have been made based on their feedback.

All respondents have been acknowledged as members of the advisory board with their agreement.

https://www.eapcnet.eu/eapc-groups/archives/undergraduate-curriculum-2013/

Undergraduate Curriculum (2013)

EAPC CURRICULUM IN PALLIATIVE CARE FOR UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (2013)

Background

In 2007, a Task Force on medical education chaired by Prof Marilene Filbet presented the “Curriculum in Palliative Care for Undergraduate Medical Education – Recommendations of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)”, which was launched at the Budapest Congress.

Objective

To update the EAPC Curriculum in Palliative Care for Undergraduate Medical Education by October 2013.

Milestones

2013 Oct
Method:
Dissemination plan

Outcome:
Dissemination

2013 June – Sep
Method:
Project group finalises 2013 Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

Outcome:
Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

2013 May
Method:
EAPC Prague May 2013 – Pre conference Open

Outcome:
Workshop of Final Draft

2013 Jan – Mar
Method:
Project group creates final draft

Outcome:
Final Draft

2012 Oct – Dec
Method:
Review draft 3 by advisory group, national organisations, EAPC board

2012 Sep
Method:
Present and discuss draft 2 curriculum to Steering Group

Outcome:
Agree draft 3

2012 Aug
Method:
Circulate draft 1 new curriculum to Steering for comment

Outcome:
Draft 2 created by project group

2012 Jul
Method:
Meeting of project group

Outcome:
Work on the new curriculum

2012 Mar
Method:
Analyse survey 

Outcome:
Make a plan for development of new curriculum 

2012 Jan
Method:
Survey sent to steering group and advisory group to review and comment on current curriculum

2011 Nov – 2012 Jan
Method:
Letter for Advisory Group agreed
Outcome:
Agree membership of advisory group
Questions for web based survey

2011 Oct
Method:
Proposal for review of UG curriculum agreed by EAPC Oct 2011

Publications

Coordinators

Frank Elsner
Department of Palliative medicine
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Gianluigi Cetto
Azienda Ospedaliera Borgo Trento
Div. Clinicizz.Oncologia Medica, Italy

John Ellershaw
Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool
Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool, UK

Steffen Eychmuller
Center for Palliative Care
Kantonsspital Institute, Switzerland

Steering group

Carlos Centeno – Spain

Gianluigi Cetto – Italy

Franco De Conno – Italy

John Ellershaw – UK

Frank Elsner – Germany

Steffen Eychmuller – Switzerland

Marilène Filbet – France

Philip Larkin – Ireland

European Advisory group were

Prof Marilene Filbet (Fr) ( Chair)
Prof John Ellershaw (UK)
Prof Carlos Centeno
Prof Frank Elsner
Prof Stein Kaasa
Dr Steffen Eychmuller ( CH)
Dr Michele Gallucci (replaced by Dr Franco de Conno) (I)
Prof Phil Larkin ( IRL) 

The work was undertaken with the contribution of Prof Jose Pereira (CH – now Canada) and Prof Mari-Lloyd Williams (UK) as reviewers. The curriculum has not been updated since this time.