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Medical Resident Education

Hospice of the Valley offers a comprehensive palliative care rotation that provides local residents and fellows with an in-depth overview of the basic principles of hospice and palliative medicine. The rotation is individually tailored to meet the learning needs of the individual residency specialties (e.g. family practice, internal medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics). Schedules include a formal group orientation, field visits with individual palliative care specialists (e.g. physician, RN case coordinator, social worker, and chaplain), and completion of interactive online modules on the following palliative care topics: pain management, dyspnea, advance directives, dementia and delirium, cultural differences, substance abuse, personality disorders and hospice care.

Residents - click the links below.

Pre-Survey
Please click here to complete the Pre-Survey, before your rotation begins.

Post-Survey
Please click here to complete the Post-Survey, once you finish your rotation.

Online Modules:
(Note: you will need to login with your email address and the password that was given to you.)

Note to Participants: As you go through the modules, you will learn more if you click on the incorrect answers even after you have found the correct answer. You are only evaluated on the post-test, not your responses during the module itself. We encourage you to look at all answers, since the pop-ups are educational.

Click the links below to access the modules:

Basic Pain Management
Cultural Issues in Palliative Medicine
Dyspnea
Health Care Decisions
Hospice in a Nutshell - If you attended orientation, you have already passed this module
Managing Agitation in Dementia
End of Life Decision Making for Surgeons (required for Surgery Residents, optional for all others)

*The 2 modules below are required for Psychiatry Residents, and are optional for all others.
Personality Disorders in End of Life Care*
Substance Abuse in End of Life Care*

Other optional modules:
Advanced Pain Management - Part I
Advanced Pain Management - Part II: Methadone

Pediatric Residents - Click the links below.
Basic Pain Management for Pediatrics
Cultural Issues in Pediatric Palliative Care
Dyspnea for Pediatrics
Hospice in a Nutshell for Pediatrics
Pediatric Healthcare Decisions

If you are not a resident and would like to view a course please click below.

Advanced Pain Management - Part I
Advanced Pain Management - Part II: Methadone
Basic Pain Management
Cultural Issues in Palliative Medicine
Dyspnea
Health Care Decisions
Hospice in a Nutshell
Managing Agitation in Dementia
Personality Disorders
Substance Abuse

Pediatric Modules
Basic Pain Management
Cultural Issues
Dyspnea
Hospice in a Nutshell
Pediatric Healthcare Decisions