title: Fast-track palliative care training to bridge the theory-practice gap.
abstract: Having identified a need to develop the knowledge and skills of health care professionals in palliative care, a specialist team from a primary care trust set up a fast-track training programme. This consists of an academic module, a four-week secondment to palliative care settings and a project undertaken in the workplace to bring about a change in practice. The programme has proved successful in increasing students' skills and confidence and in changing practice in the workplace.
authors.affiliation: Hambleton and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust, Northallerton.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Majella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000639:trends*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017132:Workplace