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(Note: The above list does not guarantee availability. Sessions fill months in advance and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.)

The Leaders

• Rodney Tucker, MD, Interim Director, Center for Palliative and Supportive Care
• Amos Bailey, MD, Director, Safe Harbor VA Palliative Care Programs
• Colin Wozencraft, MD, Assistant Professor

The Location

• Birmingham, Alabama

UAB At-a-Glance

• Provision of palliative and supportive care services through outpatient clinics, inpatient consult services and home hospice coordination
• Broad learner programs for medical students, nurses, nurse practitioners, residents, fellows and psychology graduate students
• Diversified experience in building institutional and community program support
• Regular database tracking in both inpatient and outpatient settings
• Unique populations treated include HIV outpatients, inpatient trauma/burn and neurosurgery patients

Who Should Train at UAB?

UAB is an excellent option for:

• Teams of health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, social workers, administrators and financial officers
• Teams seeking an established program that has creatively adapted with growth
• Teams experiencing institutional barriers to establishing dedicated palliative care service lines
• Hospitals or teams interested in building the case for palliative care internally and externally within the community
• Hospitals or teams looking to diversity their palliative care populations through consult services or outpatient services
• Teams looking for better integration of learner programs into their institutions

We have found that PCLC attendees tend to base their decisions on several factors, including geographic proximity, similar institutional setting and particular PCLC offerings.

What will you gain from training at UAB?

UAB can offer attendees:

• Guidance through the process of developing a delivery model that will meet the needs of individual institutions
• Hands-on experience with developing teaching programs for a broad base of learners
• Introduction to palliative care in specialized populations
• Extensive experience in culture change and integration of palliative care services into an academic setting
• Introduction to palliative care in specialized populations

More about University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

The UAB Palliative and Comfort Care Unit and Outpatient Clinics function under the auspices of the UAB Health System. The UAB Health System includes UAB hospital, the largest comprehensive medical facility in Alabama. Encompassing five city blocks, 13 major buildings and 2.1 million square feet of space, it operates more than 900 beds and serves approximately 45,000 patients each year. The Safe Harbor Unit provides services in the Birmingham VA Medical Center, a 144-bed acute tertiary care facility providing acute tertiary medical and surgical care to veterans of Alabama and surrounding states. In addition to providing tertiary care, it provides extensive primary care throughout Alabama in 6 Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs).

Services of the UAB Center for Palliative Care’s Palliative and Supportive Care Clinics and Cachexia Clinic are delivered at the Spain-McDonald Clinic, a freestanding clinical facility located approximately one mile from the main UAB hospital campus. The HIV Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic is hosted by the HIV Clinic at the Community Health Building located ½ mile from the main hospital campus and integrated into the “1917 Clinic” for HIV care. Home-based programs include the VA HBPalC program and coordinated services through hospices and hospice home visits made through the UAB or VA programs.

Registration Information

For tuition information and to register, go to www.capc.org/pclc/tuition.

For specific questions about UAB, including the availability of specific training dates, contact Joyce Crump at sjcrump@uab.edu or (205) 934-7914.

For general questions about the registration process, contact Jennifer Raiten at jennifer.raiten@mssm.edu or (212) 201-2683.