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ABHPM Accredited Physician Fellowship Program

Program Overview
About Capital Hospice
Qualifications and Requirements
Resources Available to Fellows

The Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, accredited by the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, trains physicians to become expert in the clinical, educational, and research aspects in the sub-specialty field of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. With this training, we anticipate that our fellows will play an integral role in advancing the field as:

clinical experts in pain and symptom management and support for patients with advanced illness, and their families
change agents through educational efforts within the profession and the community regarding quality palliative and hospice care
catalysts for the improvement of our understanding of symptom control and family support through skilled research

Program Overview

The Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Capital Hospice trains physicians in the many aspects of the practice of palliative medicine.

Hospice and Palliative Care employs an interdisciplinary team approach for the aggressive treatment of individuals with progressive, advanced illness, and support for their families. The goal of care is to achieve and sustain the highest quality of life by providing expert pain and symptom management and psychosocial and spiritual support to ameliorate suffering.

About Capital Hospice

Capital Hospice has provided expert, compassionate, end-of-life care in the Washington DC metropolitan area since 1977. As one of the oldest, largest, and most experienced hospice care programs in the United States, we have served more than 45,000 patients and loved ones in this community.

Capital Hospice has a demonstrable track record of:

excellent quality clinical care for patients and their families confronting life-limiting illness
a strong teaching mission reaching out to all health care professionals, volunteers, and members of the community
a commitment to advancing our understanding of symptom control and emotional and spiritual support for patients, their families, and health care providers, through rigorous research

Qualifications and Requirements

must be a practicing physician
minimum one-year commitment
interest in a career in clinical practice which includes, or is focused on, hospice and palliative medicine. (Additional funding will be sought for subsequent years of training for Fellows who wish to pursue focused research in hospice and palliative medicine.)
physician must be board certified/eligible in either internal medicine (or any internal medicine specialty), family practice, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, or anesthesiology. (Consideration would be given to other board certified/eligible disciplines, depending on the candidate’s professional goals.)

Resources Available to Fellows

Educational and informational resources available to fellows include the following:

Institute for Education and Leadership
Capital Hospice provides an excellent learning experience for nearly 150 medical trainees each year. Elective rotations are in place for medical students, residents, and Fellows at the medical centers in the region (George Washington University Medical Center, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington Veterans Hospital, Howard University Health Care System, University of Maryland, and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine).
An interdisciplinary clinical and educational environment as evidenced by clinical electives offered for the disciplines of nursing, social work, and pastoral care.