“We Can All Learn Together so We’re All on the Same Page”: Impact of a Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care Hospital Course on Hospitalists’ Practice

Background: In Canada, access to palliative care varies across jurisdictions. Many health care professionals lack core palliative care competencies. To help build capacities, a pilot education program was conducted at a community hospital in Southwestern Ontario (Canada). Using Pallium Canada's Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) Hospital course, generalist hospital physicians participated in this initiative. The purpose of …