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Title: Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care (EPEC) Trainer's Guide

Author: American Medical Association

EPEC, the Education for Physicians on End of Life Care, funded by the American Medical Association and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, was designed to provide physicians with the basic knowledge and skills needed to appropriately care for dying patients. Designed with input from nationally respected experts in the field and feedback from participants of early training conferences, the core curriculum consists of twelve workshop modules. It combines didactic sessions, videotape presentations, interactive discussions, and practical exercises. It teaches fundamental skills in communication, ethical decision-making, palliative care, psychosocial considerations, and pain and symptom management. Each of the twelve modules has been reviewed by EPERC individually, however, the strength of the program is when it is used in its entirety to truly improve the knowledge and skills of physicians and physicians in training.

For More Information about EPEC Training/To Order:

Participant's Handbook (1999 Edition Download)

The 1999 edition of the Participant's Handbook is available online in .pdf format, and the accompanying slides in .ppt format.

Download materials directly from the EPEC Web site at: http://www.epec.net

Module Topic List :

• EPEC Module 01: Advance Care Planning
• EPEC Module 02: Communicating Bad News
• EPEC Module 03: Whole Patient Assessment
• EPEC Module 04: Pain Management
• EPEC Module 05: Physician-Assisted Suicide
• EPEC Module 06: Depression, Anxiety, Delirium
• EPEC Module 07: Goals of Care
• EPEC Module 08: Sudden Illness
• EPEC Module 09: Medical Futility
• EPEC Module 10: Common Physical Symptoms
• EPEC Module 11: Withholding/withdrawing treatment
• EPEC Module 12: Last Hours of Living