• Evaluate common non-pain symptoms in the outpatient palliative care setting (nausea, constipation,
dyspnea, cough, anorexia/cachexia, depression and adjustment disorder, insomnia, delirium, opioid-induced
neurotoxicity, fatigue, hiccups)
• Manage common non-pain symptoms in the outpatient palliative care setting
• Understand anticancer therapeutics (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy)
• Diagnose and treat common side effects of anticancer therapeutics (chemotherapy, radiation therapy,
targeted therapy, immunotherapy)
• Evaluate Common Psychiatric Diagnoses in Palliative Care Practice
• Apply Psychopharmacology Principles in Serious Illness Care
• Understand the Basic Principles of Psychotherapy
• Understand and Manage Common Psychiatric Diagnoses (depression, suicidality, anxiety, delirium,
dementia, insomnia, substance use disorders)
• Differentiate spirituality and religion and describe their relevance in palliative care.
• Identify and assess spiritual or existential distress using common clinical tools.
• Use effective communication skills to explore patients’ spiritual needs and respond to requests (e.g., for
prayer or self-disclosure).
• Integrate spiritual considerations into care plans to support meaning, values, and coping.
• Recognize the scope and scale of integrative medicine use in palliative care
• Understand the concept of epistemic humility and how it shapes integrative clinical practice
• Apply an evidence-based framework for evaluating the integrative modality’s quality and safety
• Define integrative medicine and describe its role in serious illness
• Apply evidence-based non-pharmacologic therapies to common symptoms
• Identify safety considerations and drug-herb interactions
• Learn how to counsel patients using an evidence-informed, harm-reduction approach