Palliative Care Resources at VUMC

Vanderbilt Palliative Care improves quality of life for people with serious illnesses and their families. This type of care focuses on relieving symptoms, pain and stress. Palliative care is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness. It can be provided together with treatment meant to cure disease.

• Vanderbilt Palliative Medicine Resources:

  • VUMC GME Office (Benefits, HR links, housestaff association links, vacations/leave policies)
  • Duty Hours Logging (On New Innovations)

• ACGME COMPETENCIES FOR HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

  •  Hospice and Palliative Medicine Core Competencies (Version 2.3; September 2009)
  •  Measurable Outcomes for Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Competencies (Version 2.3;September, 2009)

• Recommended Textbooks /Books

  1.  Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 5th edition

  2.  Palliative care, Transforming the Care of Serious Illness: Diane Mier, Stephen Issacs

  3. Communication in Serious Illness

  4. Opioids Demystified

  5. Evidence-Based Palliative Medicine: Sean Morrison 

  6. Palliative Care Perspectives: James L. Hallenbeck

  7. AAHPM’s Primer of Palliative Care, HMD Book

  8. UniPac

• Recommended Journals

  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM)
  • Journal of Palliative Medicine (JPM)
  • Journal of Pain Medicine (JPainM)
  • New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
  • Journal of American Medical association (JAMA)

• Recommended Websites

  • Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

• Recommended Apps

  • Fast Facts
  • Vital Talk Tips: Android | iOS
  • JPSM App for Android or iOS
  • VITAS App for Android or iOS
  • QxMD App
  • Alzheimer’s Association Pocket card: Android | iOS

• Recommended Blogs

  • GeriPal

  • PalliMed

  • ePrognosis