Enhanced Skills in Palliative Care Program

The resident gains extensive knowledge, skills, and clinical experience in pain and symptom management, psycho-social and spiritual dimensions of caring for patients and families facing terminal illness. The program, based in Halifax, includes three months of rotations in New Brunswick. The resident will gain experience in inpatient palliative care, inpatient hospital palliative medicine consultation services, as well as ambulatory and home based palliative care team service provision. Pediatric, geriatric and oncology experiences are also provided. A quality improvement scholarly project will be completed during the one-year program, with the aim to present at a conference annually. A variety of elective options available, depending on the specific interests of the resident.

The full-time training period typically extends from July 1 to June 30 annually and is designed to lead to a certificate of added competency. Residents are remunerated at the PGY3 level according to the Maritime Resident Doctors Collective Agreement.

Applications to the Enhanced Skills Palliative Care Program are submitted through CaRMS. For more information regarding eligibility, application timeframe and required documentation, visit the Family Medicine / Enhanced Skills Match on the CaRMS website.