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National Residency End-of-Life Curriculum Project


UB Medicine Residency End-of-Life Curriculum Project

EPEC Plus: Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care

The 2 day conference based on the highly regarded palliative care curriculum for practioners will be held on April 30-May 1, 2004. A full brochure is available here The conference features: Advanced Pain Management for the Practitioner. It will be held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Contact Amy Maxwell, AMaxwell@Palliativecare.org for further information.

The University at Buffalo Internal Medicine Residency Program is participating in the National Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum Project organized by the MCW Palliative Medicine Program.

This site will provide a resource for educational materials as well as local educational opportunities for UB faculty, residents and medical students. The most valuable resource in this regard is the End of Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC) produced by the Medical College of Wisconsin. this peer-reviewed collection of educational material is frequently updated. It requires a one-time registration for login.

Palliative Care: A Self-Study CME Course from Medical College of Wisconsin Palliative Medicine Program--Brochure

  • Featuring 15 of the most requested educational topics in adult palliative and hospice care
  • CD-ROM worth 16 CME credits, containing Power Point slides, and EPERC Fast Facts.
  • Also, check out the EPERC Website. [one-time registration required]

Project Materials

--accessible only from UB Campus or affiliated hospitals
For information about this site or the Buffalo project, contact Jack Freer.
Last Revised: 1/29/03

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