• 5 months - Inpatient palliative care consultation  
• 2 months - Inpatient Hospice
• 3 months - Community-based Hospice
• 1 month - Elective  
• 1 month - Vacation
• Continuity Clinic throughout the year

Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Care Training

Inpatient consultative palliative care rotations are offered at UofL Health - UofL Hospital and UofL Health - Jewish Hospital, and Norton Hospital . This gives fellows a wide range of palliative care experience from an academic and community standpoint with a varied range of patients including the Veteran population. Inpatient hospice training is provided by the Hosparus Inpatient Care Center (HICC).

There is also exposure to inpatient pediatric palliative care patients through Norton Children’s Pediatric Support Team | Norton Children's Hospital.

Community-Based Care

Community-Based Hospice and Palliative care visits are accomplished through partnership with Hosparus Health, one of the largest non-profit hospices in the United States with an average daily census of around 1,200 patients. Fellows perform hospice and palliative care home visits with the adult and pediatric (Kourageous Kids) interdisciplinary teams and partner with them to develop goal concordant plans of care for patients and families. During hospice focused months fellows will participate in the regulatory Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) meetings required in hospice care. Fellows also rotate with board certified hospice and palliative care physicians who see palliative care consults and hospice patients at several local long-term care facilities.

Electives

Elective time allows fellows to pursue their specific interests in a variety of areas which include (but are not limited to): Grief and Bereavement, Chaplaincy, Geriatrics, Medical and Radiation Oncology, Pediatric Palliative Care, Wound Care, Research, Pain Management, PM&R and Interventional Radiology.