An Educational Intervention to Enhance Palliative Care Training at HBCUs
Primary palliative care training is important for clinicians at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), given the decreased access to specialty palliative care among Black patients and patients' preferences for race-concordant care.
In a study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, authors administered a palliative care educational intervention at Family and Internal Medicine residency programs at Morehouse School of Medicine and Howard University College of Medicine. Surveys were sent to residents' to assess their attitudes toward their palliative care education and their perceived competency.