We educate physicians to provide high-quality palliative and hospice care to those coping with serious illness. We focus on skilled communication, exemplary pain and symptom management, as well as culturally-sensitive, whole person care.
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“I was particularly drawn to the fellowship because of its focus on providing excellent and comprehensive palliative care for underserved populations, including Native Americans.” Rebecca Adler, MD Palliative Care Fellow
Train to assess and treat patients using a whole-person approach to care, addressing physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural and existential causes of suffering. Special attention is placed on caring for people who are underserved, given that UNM is a safety net institution in a rural and ethnically diverse state.
Become a palliative care fellow at UNM Hospital—the only academic medical center in New Mexico, and the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the region.
The 12-month Hospital and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Fellowship is accredited through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
During your fellowship, you will train alongside experts in a range of patient care settings, including:
UNMH and the VA Medical Center are the largest teaching hospitals in the state. Both serve as referral centers for a geographic area that includes all of New Mexico, as well as western Texas, southern Colorado, and eastern Arizona.
Three fellowship positions are available, filled through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP).
Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and follow national guidance regarding our application and interview timelines.
We begin receiving applications on July 15.
Eligible applicants must be board-eligible or board-certified in any of the following primary specialties:
New Mexico is a majority-minority state with Hispanic persons and American Indians constituting the majority of the population in the state. We are committed to seeking and educating applicants from diverse backgrounds.
For more information about Hospice and Palliative Medicine Match, visit the AAHPM website.
Our program strives to foster clinical excellence, intellectual curiosity, cultural humility, critical reflection and compassion through clinical experience, evidence-based practice and mentorship, with a goal of developing palliative medicine physicians who have lifelong learning, teaching and self-care skills.
| July | August | September | October |
| UNMH Inpatient Consult | VA Hospital Long Term Care | UNMH Inpatient Consult | Palliative Associates and Hospice of New Mexico |
| November | December | January | February |
| QI Project/Elective | UNMH Inpatient Consult | Mariposa Pediatric Hospice | Ethics/ Elective |
| March | April | May | June |
| UNMH Inpatient Consult | Radiation Oncology / Comprehensive Pain Clinic | UNMH Inpatient Consult | VA Hospital Inpatient Consult/ Presbyterian Hospice |
Curriculum
Three weeks of vacation may be taken during any of the rotations; a maximum of two weeks can be taken at once.
Train future teachers, innovators and leaders in palliative medicine by modeling use of evidence-based medicine and active learning and teaching in formal and informal settings. Advocacy for patient-centered care is a tenet in our program, with a focus on cross-specialty collaboration and professionalism.
The fellowship begins with a core educational “Boot Camp” series covers key topics in palliative medicine.
The program trains physicians in interdisciplinary approaches to patient care through interdisciplinary team teaching and exposure to a variety of hospice and palliative medicine environments at the University of New Mexico, the New Mexico Veterans Administration Medical Center and in the New Mexico community.
Fellows work with our board-certified palliative medicine physicians who have:
The team also includes palliative medicine trained advanced practice nurses, social workers, a chaplain, registered nurse, administrative support persons and the Director of UNM’s Art in Medicine program.
Our program strives to foster clinical excellence, intellectual curiosity, cultural humility, critical reflection and compassion through clinical experience, evidence-based practice and mentorship, with a goal of developing palliative medicine physicians who have lifelong learning, teaching and self-care skills.
| July | August | September | October |
| UNMH Inpatient Consult | VA Hospital Long Term Care | UNMH Inpatient Consult | Palliative Associates and Hospice of New Mexico |
| November | December | January | February |
| QI Project/Elective | UNMH Inpatient Consult | Mariposa Pediatric Hospice | Ethics/ Elective |
| March | April | May | June |
| UNMH Inpatient Consult | Radiation Oncology / Comprehensive Pain Clinic | UNMH Inpatient Consult | VA Hospital Inpatient Consult/ Presbyterian Hospice |
Curriculum
Three weeks of vacation may be taken during any of the rotations; a maximum of two weeks can be taken at once.
Train future teachers, innovators and leaders in palliative medicine by modeling use of evidence-based medicine and active learning and teaching in formal and informal settings. Advocacy for patient-centered care is a tenet in our program, with a focus on cross-specialty collaboration and professionalism.
The fellowship begins with a core educational “Boot Camp” series covers key topics in palliative medicine.
The program trains physicians in interdisciplinary approaches to patient care through interdisciplinary team teaching and exposure to a variety of hospice and palliative medicine environments at the University of New Mexico, the New Mexico Veterans Administration Medical Center and in the New Mexico community.
Fellows work with our board-certified palliative medicine physicians who have:
The team also includes palliative medicine trained advanced practice nurses, social workers, a chaplain, registered nurse, administrative support persons and the Director of UNM’s Art in Medicine program.
Esme Finlay, MD
Fellowship Director
Division of Palliative Care
Department of Internal Medicine
1 University of New Mexico
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