Center to Advance Palliative Care

You are certainly not alone there, it is an incredibly high demand market. Strategies we are using include "crosstraining" of our own hospitalists who have an interest in palliative care, especially those who trained at our institition and on our services- they join along in some of our palliative care fellowship didactics, go to training seminars, etc. The palliative care certified attendings work with/supervise clinical activities, as do the nurses on the service. As well, I have recently hired a partner who was prior a local hospitalist and hospice medical director- word of mouth in your own community, removing the burden of geography and relocation in recruitment, can be huge- I truly wish you the best of luck, we have been in your shoes-- KPW