Resources for Professionals

Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care (EPEC)

Our clinical faculty and nurses have been trained through the Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care (EPEC) program. By using the EPEC “Training-the-Trainer” curriculum, our faculty is able to provide other physicians and colleagues with the basic knowledge and skills needed to appropriately care for seriously ill patients.

End of Life Nursing Education Consortium Project (ELNEC)

The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project is a comprehensive, national education program to improve end-of-life care by nurses, and is funded by a major grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Primary project goals are to develop a core of expert nursing educators and to coordinate national nursing education efforts in end-of-life care.

Links to useful sites:

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Americans for Better Care of the Dying
• American Hospice Foundation
• Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
• Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research
• Center to Improve Care of the Dying
• City of Hope Pain/Palliative Care Resource Center
• Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care
• Edmonton Regional Palliative Care Program
• End Of Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC)
• Growth House
• Healthcare Chaplaincy
• Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State (HPCANYS)
• Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
• Hospice Foundation of America
• The Jewish Home & Hospital Lifecare system
• Last Acts
• The Mayday Fund
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying
• Partnership for Caring