Table 1.

Example Calendar for One-Week Rotation in Hospice and Palliative Care at Local Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Calendar for John Smith, MD, resident at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center – week of March 25, 2013
Monday March 25, 2013	Tuesday March 26, 2013	Wednesday March 27, 2013	Thursday March 28, 2013	Friday March 29, 2013
Orientation and evaluation	HPM didactics	Patient home visits	Inpatient hospice	Patient home visits
9–11 am – Introduction to rotation and review pre-test results	8:30–9:30 am – Weekly HPM fellowship didactics Topic: Complementary and Alternative Therapies	8:30 am–5:30 pm Home care visits with social worker	8:30 am–5:30 pm Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center with hospice medical director	9 am–2 pm Home care visits with nurse case manager
Long-term care patient visits	Clinic			Discussion
11 am–5 pm Patient visits at assisted living and skilled nursing facilities with nurse practitioner	10:30 am onwards Clinic at Walter Reed Military Medical Center			2:30–4:00 pm Discussion of grief and loss with bereavement counselor
				Evaluation
				4–5 pm Complete post-test and write reflective essay

HPM, hospice and palliative medicine.