title: Palliative care in Australian medical student education.
abstract: Greater emphasis needs to be placed on medical student palliative care education within the Australian arena. The development of a comprehensive, relevant and practical educational curriculum in this area during medical school is imperative in order to adequately equip the future junior medical workforce. Further development of a national palliative care curriculum as well as research comparing various teaching methods and curricula should be the priorities in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Royal Children's Hospital , Australia.
authors.forename: Daryl R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teh
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends