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Smaller TextUndergraduate - Year One - Medical Foundations One
The following sessions are offered during the Medical Foundation 1 (MF1) block:
- Introduction to Palliative Care Part 1
- Introduction to Palliative Care Part 2
- Suffering
This session details the history of palliative care as a field of practice from ancient Greece to modern times. It will explain the role of palliative care in today's health care system and why it is important for future clinicians to understand the discipline. (MF Large Group Session)
This session reviews the common patterns of death and dying. Definitions of Palliative Care will be described and students will gain an acute understanding of how to provide care to patients at end of life.
The goal of medicine is not only to cure disease but also to alleviate suffering. This session will present a conceptual framework for suffering and explain how clinicians can help to ease the burden of suffering. (ProComp: Self Awareness and Self Care)
