Duke Palliative Care is committed to supporting culture, engagement, and community
Through our collaborative community of faculty, staff and trainees, and respectful care of our patients, we strive to constantly uphold this commitment.
Our Goals
- Grow our palliative care team with people with talents who respect one another and feel a sense of belonging and connection.
- Ensure that education of fellows, residents and students highlights our commitment to embrace and advance culture, engagement, and community.
We focus our efforts and actions in these specific areas:
- Clinical Care
- Education
- Research
- Career development (recruitment, retention and promotion)
- Culture
- Community Engagement
- Global Palliative Care
Creating Change
An example of a specific project that we implemented, is a review of our education for our Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellows and our curriculum now includes discussions on the following topics:
- Micro and macro aggressions
- Historical Trauma
- Cultural Competency/nuances related to palliative care