IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PALLIATIVE CARE EDUCATION

Over the last three decades palliative care has emerged as a discrete specialty that has brought with it a developing field of education. Pr oblematic areas have been identified within palliative care education that may limit its effectiveness. Areas of particular concern are iden tified that may prove obstructive in the pursuit of effectiveness in p alliative care education. The possibility of developing performance in dicators is explored with reference to the development of such indicat ors in other areas of education. Proposals are made as a starting poin t for the evolution of such indicators.