Duke Palliative Care is committed to supporting a culture of civility and equity.
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 a diversity of talents who respect one another and feel a sense of belonging and connection.
- Ensure that Palliative Care Grand Rounds has diverse speakers and topics.
- Ensure that education of fellows, residents and students highlights our commitment to embrace and advance civility and equity.
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
- Disparities in Palliative Care