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Family Physicians' Training Programs Are Useful for Surgeons
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With respect to palliative care provided by surgeons, Galante et al1 reported significant deficiencies in training, which occurred both during residency and during continuing medical education. It is striking that despite the fact that palliative procedures may account for up to 20% of a surgeon's practice, the authors found that more than 80% of the surgeons had received no education in palliative care medicine during their training. The authors advocated a continued effort to train surgeons and residents using standardized educational programs in medical school and postgraduate education.
Training in palliative care is not only important to surgeons, but gaining experience with and improving existing attitudes toward palliation in cancer is also of major concern to physicians working in primary health care outside the hospital. Given the substantial time spent on palliative care, this skill has become increasingly important to family physicians.
During the final year of the 3-year vocational . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Patrick J. P. Poels, MD;
Tim olde Hartman, MD;
Chris van Weel, MD, PhD
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