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Fellowship Training

International

• Search IAHPC Educational Resources
• IPOS: International Psycho-Oncology Society
  Fellowships in psycho-oncology and palliative care
• OSI: Open Society Institute
  Grants and fellowships for pain and palliative care
  • Palliative Cancer Care
  • International Pain Policy Fellowships
• UICC: International Cancer Technology Transfer Fellowships (ICRETT)
  1-month fellowships for further training in oncology

Canada

• CHPCA: The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
  International initiatives
• RCPSC: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: Added Competence in Palliative Medicine
  Conjointly Accredited by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Approved by the Executive Committee April 1999

Europe

• ESO: The European School of Oncology
  Clinical fellowship programs for European oncologists
• ESMO:The European Society for Medical Oncology
  Short-term fellowships for training in palliative care

Great Britain and Ireland

• APM: Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland
  An association of doctors who work in hospices and specialist palliative care units in hospitals.:

South Africa

• HPCA: Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa
  Information about centers for palliative learning in South Africa

United States

• Initial Voluntary Program Standards for Fellowship Training in Palliative Medicine
• AAHPM: US Fellowship Programs
  • Accreditation
  • Competencies
  • Development
  • Funding
  • Annual Fellowship Summit
  • Directory
• AAHPM: Education Resources http://www.aahpm.org/education/index.html
• AAHPM: Career Development Programs in Palliative Care
• ACGME: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
  • Outcome Project http://www.acgme.org/outcome/
    • Hospice and Palliative Medicine Competencies / Outcomes v2.3, September 2009 (123 KB)
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine Review (by Family Medicine)
• EPERC: The End of Life / Palliative Education Resource Center
  Programs offering training in palliative care
• Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice
  • US Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program
    • Overview PDF (93 KB)
  • International Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program PDF (74 KB)

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