Evaluation of Palliative Care Provider Education
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Websites
Evaluation of the Outcomes of EPEC - epec.net/downloads/evalsandoutcomes.pdf. Part of the Education for Physicians on End- of-Life Care Trainer’s Guide, this site provides general information on evaluating palliative care education, with links to assessment tools.
Instruments Used in End of Life (EOL) Care Education - mayday.coh.org/pdf/Instruments.pdf. City of Hope researchers have compiled these instruments for evaluation of palliative care education. The authors caution that there are no reliability or validity data available for these tools; they are newly developed and modifiable according to users needs.
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