Engaging Hospital Leadership and Clinicians for Widespread Palliative Care Education

Butler Memorial Hospital knows that palliative care education is important in order to better serve patients living with serious illness. They participated in the first John A. Hartford Tipping Point Challenge, engaging hospital leadership and all clinical staff at Butler. With the goal of completing as many CAPC courses as possible, the palliative care team educated staff about the continuing education (CE) courses available through CAPC membership. It became a requirement for a specific CAPC course to be completed as part of Butler's clinical training, with the hope that clinicians across the hospital and health system—regardless of specialty—would continue to explore the curriculum and take additional courses.