title: A strategy for improvement in care at the end of life: the VA Faculty Leaders Project.
abstract: Given the commitment of the Veterans Health Administration (VA) to excellent, compassionate end-of-life and palliative care and the VA's extensive system of academic affiliations with the nation's medical schools, there may exist an opportunity to accelerate acceptance of state-of-the-art training for improved care for dying patients. Accordingly, the VA has initiated a project to develop strategies for implementation of benchmark curricula for end-of-life and palliative care. With the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this initiative has been implemented in 30 internal medicine residency training programs affiliated with the VA nationally.
authors.affiliation: Office of Academic Affiliations, VA National Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Ryan