Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship Program Training sites, rotations and curriculum

Fellows will have the opportunity to train in multiple settings, including UCSD hospitals in La Jolla and Hillcrest, Scripps Health hospitals, Rady Children's Hospital, UCSD and Scripps outpatient palliative care clinics, and in long-term care facilities and in the community through Sharp and Elizabeth Hospice.

Rotations

To acquire the education and training needed to effectively care for people with serious or life-threatening illnesses, clinical rotations provide trainees with opportunities to: 

• Participate as an integral member of interdisciplinary care teams
• Develop and manage patient care plans
• Facilitate continuity of care

View the 2024-2025 fellow rotation schedule (PDF, 100 KB).

Educational curriculum

Fellows participate in four-hour weekly educational conferences to build their foundation of HPM knowledge, as well as grow their teaching and presentation skills with mentorship and feedback. Didactic topics include: 

• Comprehensive, complex symptom management
• Communication skills education in small group role play
• Teamwork and leadership
• Psychosocial and spiritual care
• Professional development and teaching skills

Fellows will have the opportunity to learn and teach in special sessions focused on: 

• Quality improvement
• Journal club
• Formal in-depth presentations on HPM topics of their interest
• Divisional Grand Rounds

Fellows also have protected time for a weekly fellow process group to help build community, resilience and peer support skills.