what teaching is given in palliative care?
Lloyd-Williams M; Carter YH University of Liverpool Medical School, Liverpool, UK. mlw@liv.ac.uk BACKGROUND: Palliative care is an integral part of the general practitioner’s role and palliative care teaching and training should be available for GP registrars during vocational training. AIM: This study was carried out to evaluate the content, amount and nature of generic palliative care teaching during vocational training in the UK. METHOD: A postal questionnaire survey of all course organizers enquired as to whether palliative care teaching was included in the core training sessions; professional background of the teachers; teaching methods used; whether the local hospice was used as a resource and whether GP registrars were able to choose a post in a hospice within their training scheme. RESULTS: Three hundred and seventy-seven questionnaires were distributed and 240 were returned completed–a 64% response rate. A total of nine one-year schemes replied that they did not include any t
