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Table 1 Surveys on undergraduate education in palliative medicine from 2006 to 2012
| Year | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | n | % | n | % | N | % | n | % |
| Response rates of medical faculties (n = 36) | 18 | 50.0 | 30 | 83.3 | 31 | 86.1 | 32 | 88.9 |
| Chair in palliative medicine | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Teaching coordinators’ discipline | ||||||||
| - Anesthesiology | 5 | 27.8 | 9 | 30.0 | 8 | 25.8 | 10 | 31.3 |
| - internal medicine | 7 | 38.9 | 9 | 30.0 | 13 | 41.9 | 10 | 31.3 |
| - neurology | 2 | 11.1 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 6.5 | 4 | 12.5 |
| - general / family practice | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13.3 | 3 | 9.7 | 3 | 9.4 |
| - pediatrics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | 2 | 6.3 |
| - neurosurgery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - psycho-social care | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.1 |
| - psychosomatic medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | 1 | 3.1 |
| - radiation therapy | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | 3.2 | 1 | 3.1 |
| - Dermatology | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - medical history | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - philosophy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - unknown | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Organizational aspects; care structures that have been involved in undergraduate teaching | ||||||||
| - specialized palliative care units (PCUs) | 5 | 27.8 | 12 | 40.0 | 24 | 77.4 | 23 | 71.9 |
| - access to PCUs at academic teaching hospitals | 10 | 55.6 | 21 | 70.0 | 18 | 58.1 | 12 | 37.5 |
| - specialized palliative home care teama | – | – | – | – | 13 | 41.9 | 20 | 62.5 |
| Final year training | ||||||||
| - complete 16 weeks of final year training | 2 | 11.1 | 5 | 16.7 | 7 | 22.6 | 8 | 25 |
| - short-term rotation into palliative medicine | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26.7 | 11 | 35.5 | 19 | 59.4 |
| Teaching formats | ||||||||
| - lectures | 3 | 16.7 | 5 | 16.7 | 15 | 48.4 | 30 | 93.8 |
| - bedside-teachingb | – | – | – | – | 12 | 38.7 | 15 | 46.9 |
| - optional in-depth coursesc | 10 | 55.6 | 19 | 63.3 | 21 | 67.7 | 6 | 18.8 |
| Teaching methodsb | ||||||||
| - actors as patients | – | – | – | – | 8 | 25.8 | 17 | 53.1 |
| - e-learning | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6.5 | 7 | 21.9 |
| Examination | ||||||||
| - mandatory examination | 5 | 27.8 | 3 | 10.0 | – | – | – | – |
| - Multiple Choiceb | – | – | – | – | 10 | 32.3 | 27 | 84.4 |
| - OSCEb | – | – | – | – | 3 | 9.7 | 4 | 12.5 |
| - oral examinationb | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6.5 | 6 | 18.8 |
| - thesisb | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3.2 | 5 | 15.6 |
