The UAB Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program has been training leaders in palliative care since 2000, making it one of the oldest and most established training programs in the country.

To date, we have trained over 60 fellows from across the country, some directly out of residency training and others mid-career. Our one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship offers a rigorous interdisciplinary education in palliative care at UAB Hospitals, the Birmingham VA Medical Center, and Children's of Alabama.

Fellowship Experience

Fellows receive training in the outpatient setting through several outpatient clinics, through telehealth and home-based palliative care, and through partnerships with community hospices and long term care facilities.  The balance and breadth of experience ensure that fellows are ready to practice in the inpatient, ambulatory, or hospice settings upon completion of the fellowship training.

Fellows will spend one week each month in outpatient Palliative Care. During this week, they will have a one-day continuity clinic and spend the remaining days with the House Calls team, other outpatient providers, and Hospice partners.

Clinical Rotations

UAB is a highly walkable campus, making it easy to navigate your clinical rotations. Many of our clinical training sites are connected by skybridges, offering protection from rain, heat, and traffic. Browse these buildings to learn more about the types of training conducted there.

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We offer a one-year clinical fellowship with 4 adult and 1 pediatric track positions.

Teaching Conferences

Didactic sessions are held weekly and are paired with readings from a seminal text and key articles in palliative medicine. Fellows may attend Grand Rounds in various specialties throughout the week as per their area of interest.

Research Opportunites

Fellows have ample protected time to learn from one another and from faculty within our Division and across the UAB medical campus. In addition to clinical skills, the curriculum includes training in palliative research methodology and quality improvement, teaching skills, and palliative care and hospice business and administration.

Program Signaling

UAB Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship is participating in ERAS signaling this year and will consider signals as one element of our holistic application review, including experiences, attributes, competencies, academic or scholarly metrics, letters of recommendation, and personal statement. Signaling is not required for consideration, and all applications are reviewed fully.

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