Palliative Medicine

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: The clerkship provides medical students in-depth exposure to palliative care across the continuum of care including several ambulatory clinics, an inpatient consult service, and home and inpatient hospice care. Students will learn core communications strategies in disclosing bad news, eliciting and clarifying goals of care, and aiding in transitions in care. They will also learn physiology and pharmacology relevant for symptom management (e.g. pain, nausea, depression), as well as interact with patients confronting their own mortality. Students complete 4 weeks for elective credit. All patient visits will be conducted via the EPIC multi-provider video visit platform. Students will be required to complete the online Palliative Care Always course in addition to patient visits with their selected mentor. PREREQUISITES: Prior approval by the Clerkship Director is required for all students. Please fill out the Qualtrics survey at: https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0Il1gXXVKBV5uvz. We will begin reviewing pre-approval surveys for the 21-22 academic year starting in July. Surveys received prior to 7/1/2021 will not be processed. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks. 6 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Kavitha Ramchandran, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Jeanne Simonian, 650-721-1969, jsimonian@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Please look for an email from the Clerkship Coordinator the Friday prior to your rotation; Time: TBA. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: SHC and Virtual.