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San Diego Hospice

San Diego Hospice provides the unique opportunity of working with terminally ill patients in collaboration with physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors in a beautiful facility administering palliative medical care. The Hospice has a department of complimentary medicine using aromatherapy, touch for healing techniques and acupuncture. A research project is currently being conducted on the efficacy of TCM on the Quality of Life of terminally ill patients. PCOM students at SD Hospice are asked to collaborate with this research project on an ongoing basis.

The general work at Hospice is both challenging and rewarding. The pace is slow and relaxed with the emphasis on the quality of time spent with each patient. A bereavement counselor is provided a few times per rotation to help PCOM students work through grief and other emotional issues that arise as a result of working with the terminally ill. Students may work in pairs, but are expected to be able to work fairly autonomously. At the end of the rotation the students as a group give an oral presentation to the medical staff.

To learn more about this internship click below to read personal experiences from someone who was an actual intern or assistant:

• Lornae Hinson
• Jeff Silver
• Alfred Russo