Curriculum Overview
Core-Required Courses
All students take the first four core courses, which results in an award of a Graduate Certificate.
- Principles and Practice of Hospice and Palliative Care
- Communication and Health Care Decision-Making
- Psychosocial, Cultural, and Spiritual Care
- Symptom Management in Advanced Illness
All students also take the last two required core courses below.
- Critical Appraisal of Evidence
- Advanced Team-Based Palliative Care
Electives
Students select four electives. If student takes all four courses in a given track, this results in a second Graduate Certificate. Electives can be taken across tracks as desired.
To earn a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Hospice and Palliative Care:
- Advanced Pain Management and Opioid Dosing
- Advanced Non-Pain Symptom Management
- Advanced Disease State Management
- Clinical Management of Special Patient Populations
*Enrollment limited to physicians, advanced practice nurses, nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants or with permission of Program Director.
To earn a Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Palliative Care:
- Disease State Evaluation and Management in Pediatric Palliative Care*
- Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care*
- Communication, Grief and Bereavement in Pediatric Palliative Care*
- The Practice of Pediatric Palliative Care*
*Enrollment not available until Fall 2024
To earn a Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Administration in Hospice and Palliative Care:
- Hospice Leadership and Administration
- Palliative Care Leadership and Administration
- Practice Development and Strategic Planning
- Principles and Practice of Palliative Care Education
To earn a Graduate Certificate in Psychosocial/Spiritual Aspects of Hospice and Palliative Care:
- Advanced Decision-Making and Communication Skills
- Advanced Spirituality and Psychosocial Skills
- Self-Care
- Principles and Practice of Palliative Care Education
To earn a Graduate Certificate in Aging and Applied Thanatology:
- Death and Dying: Ethical and Legal Considerations
- Palliative Care (Than)
- Caring for the Bereaved
- Psychosocial Perspectives in Aging
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