The UAB Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program has been training leaders in palliative care since 2000, making it one of the oldest and most established training programs in the country.

To date, we have trained nearly 60 fellows from across the country, some directly out of residency training and others mid-career. Our one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship offers a rigorous interdisciplinary education in palliative care at UAB Hospitals, the Birmingham VA Medical Center, and Children's of Alabama.

Fellowship Experience

Fellows receive training in the outpatient setting through several outpatient clinics, through telehealth and home-based palliative care, and through partnerships with community hospices and long term care facilities.  The balance and breadth of experience ensure that fellows are ready to practice in the inpatient, ambulatory, or hospice settings upon completion of the fellowship training.

We dedicate one day each week, year-round, to outpatient practice. Fellows alternate in continuity clinics, home-based palliative care and telehealth, and Hospice, serving as an assistant medical director with one of our hospice partners.

Clinical Training

We offer a one-year clinical fellowship with three adult-track positions and one "combined clinician" (e.g. Med-Peds or Family Medicine) position.

Teaching Conferences

Didactic sessions are held weekly and are paired with readings from a seminal text and key articles in palliative medicine. Fellows may attend Grand Rounds in various specialties throughout the week as per their area of interest.

Research Opportunites

Fellows have ample protected time to learn from one another and from faculty within our Division and across the UAB medical campus. In addition to clinical skills, the curriculum includes training in palliative research methodology and quality improvement, teaching skills, and palliative care and hospice business and administration.

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