Palliative Care Education

Learning Opportunities

With demographics in Canada shifting toward a larger aging population, the need for quality palliative care is increasing. That’s why you’ll be introduced early in your undergraduate family medicine studies to palliative care, and will find substantial opportunities to explore it further during your postgraduate training. See where palliative care learning opportunities lie within your family medicine studies, plus find online palliative care learning resources below.

 

Undergraduate Medical Education MD Program

Postgraduate Family Medicine Program

  • Residency: Core rotations with palliative care components at teaching sites include Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Medical Oncology.
  • Palliative Care Enhanced Skills Program: 12-month residency program accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)