A strategy for improvement in care at the end of life: the VA Faculty Leaders Project.
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Abstract
Given the commitment of the Veterans Health Administration (VA) to excellent, compassionate end-of-life and palliative care and the VA's extensive system of academic affiliations with the nation's medical schools, there may exist an opportunity to accelerate acceptance of state-of-the-art training for improved care for dying patients. Accordingly, the VA has initiated a project to develop strategies for implementation of benchmark curricula for end-of-life and palliative care. With the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this initiative has been implemented in 30 internal medicine residency training programs affiliated with the VA nationally.