FME 35012 - Palliative Care CE

Cr Hrs: 3, 6
Session Length: 2 or 4 weeks

This is a face to face clinical rotation. This career exploration course (CE) will allow third year medical students to explore this discipline as a potential career choice. Students will be expected to display a fund of knowledge consistent with his/her level of training, demonstrate self-directed learning, thoroughness, consistency and reliability, and relate well to families, team members, and patients. The student’s level of patient care responsibility will be determined based on the student’s skill level, and at the discretion of the supervising attending.

Grade Mode: Pass, Fail
Max per section: 1
Location offered: Knoxville
Hospital: University of Tennessee Medical Center
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of 1st two years and Step 1 taken
Term offered: Fall, Spring

Fall - Instructor of Record: Adam Tyson - atyson@utmck.edu

Fall - Additional Instructor 1: Bill Dabbs - wdabbs@utmck.edu

Spring - Instructor of Record: Adam Tyson - atyson@utmck.edu

Spring - Additional Instructor 1: Bill Dabbs - wdabbs@utmck.edu

Course Coordinator: Jennifer Parris-Horner - jparris@utmck.edu

Prior Authorization: Yes
Blocks Not Offered: None
Off-cycle timing allowed: No
Deadline for Excused Absence: Thirty days before start of elective/rotation
Deadline for Cancellation: Thirty days before start of elective/rotation
Overnight Call and/or Float: No
Time off for interviews: No