Adult Track
More information coming.
Pediatric Track
The Pediatric Track of the fellowship started in 2012 and has consistently provided excellent training for pediatricians in palliative care. The program has trained fellows recently out of residency or and executive resident year, fellows who recently completed another fellowship (Hem-Onc, NICU, PICU) as well fellows who have transitioned from previous jobs in primary care and hospital medicine. The track provides pediatricians 8-9 months of pediatric specific palliative care training. Pediatric fellows rotate through 3 adult inpatient palliative care services to gain additional experience across several hospital settings with varying patient populations and palliative care team structures. The pediatrician spends 2.5 months working in home hospice. Fellows participate in Interdisciplinary team meetings, home visits with IDT members and learn about the role of the hospice medical director. Two months of the hospice experience are with a pediatric specific team while 2 weeks are with an adult team which provides increase opportunities for exposure to complex symptom management.
The ambulatory clinic experience for the pediatrician is the same experience as the adult fellows, which is met through the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: Adult Oncology Palliative Care Clinic. Pediatric Fellows also have the opportunity to rotate with the Pediatric Palliative Care Clinic at Seattle Children’s
Fellows also have the opportunity to work with the Pain Service at Seattle Children’s both in the inpatient about outpatient setting to increase knowledge of acute and chronic pain.
Fellows also gain knowledge and experience in bioethics through their clinical work as well as through working with dual trained palliative and bioethics faculty.
Learn more about the University of Washington Pediatrics Bioethics and Palliative Care Division.
https://www.peds.uw.edu/specialties/bioethics
https://www.seattlechildrens.org/research/centers-programs/bioethics/
CURRICULUM
- 6 months Inpatient Palliative Care at Seattle Children’s
- 2-month Home Hospice through Providence Hospice of Seattle’s Stepping Stones team.
- 2 weeks Adult Hospice with Kline Galland or Providence Hospice
- 1 month UW Inpatient Palliative Care (Adult Service with NICU and Prenatal Opportunities)
- 1 month VA Community Living Center – Long Term Care Rotation
- 1 month HMC Inpatient Palliative Care (Adult Service with Pediatric opportunities in the PICU)
- Continuity Clinic throughout the year at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Fellows will also spend time with the outpatient Pediatric Palliative care Clinic at Seattle Children’s
Geri-pal track
More information coming.