PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elizabeth J. Latimer
AU  - Andrea Deakin
AU  - Carolyn Ingram
AU  - Lynn O'Brien
AU  - Marcia Smoke
AU  - Laurie Wishart
TI  - An interdisciplinary approach to a day-long palliative care course for undergraduate students
DP  - 1999 Sep 21
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 729--731
VI  - 161
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/161/6/729.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/161/6/729.full
SO  - CMAJ1999 Sep 21; 161
AB  - Although it is desirable that students in the health sciences be educated together to prepare them for interdisciplinary practice, many educational programs remain discipline specific. An undergraduate course in palliative care, originally designed for medical students at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., was expanded in 1993 to include students from various health sciences programs in the region. The course introduces students to the components of palliative care and its interdisciplinary nature in a problem-based way and directs students to additional educational resources. The authors describe the planning, content and evaluation of the course material. The observed decline in attendance by medical students, which coincided with the introduction of the interdisciplinary format, warrants further investigation. Future directions of the course are discussed.