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Wood, Emily B.; Meekin, Sharon Abele; Fins, Joseph J.; Fleischman, Alan R. – Academic Medicine, 2002
Evaluated a project to catalyze New York State medical schools to develop and implement strategic plans for curricular change to enhance palliative care education. Found that the project's process of self-assessment and curriculum mapping with the Palliative Education Assessment Tool, along with strategic planning for change, appears to have…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Medical Education, Medical Schools

Dickinson, George E.; Mermann, Alan C. – Academic Medicine, 1996
Examined medical school education on relating to terminally ill patients based on data from national surveys conducted in 1975, 1985, and 1995. The number of schools offering occasional lectures or short courses on death and dying increased from 80% in 1975 to 82% in 1985 to 90% in 1995. (MDM)
Descriptors: Courses, Curriculum, Death, Higher Education