Hospice & Palliative Care
Requirements
Description
Improve the lives of our aging population and others. Develop skills and competencies in providing necessary care, and expand your opportunities for employment upon graduation.
The concentration in hospice and palliative care provides future health and health care workers with the skills they need to lead and manage chronic and end-of-life care in a variety of settings, including home health care.
Students learn from interprofessional instructors who are involved in hospice and palliative care as physicians, social workers, nurses and bereavement counselors --- professionals who work with children and adults, as well as palliative care and hospice patients.
Through this program, students:
- complete an internship at Hospice of the Valley, where they can help address the nonclinical care needs of patients and their families
- have the opportunity to shadow health professionals and learn about their roles through field experience
- learn through evidence-based research and the most advanced technology in hospice and palliative care
- explore how contemporary issues are burdening the health care system under its current structure
- receive specialized instruction on dementia and Alzheimer's disease
Program learning outcomes
Program learning outcomes identify what a student will learn or be able to do upon completion of their program. This program has the following program outcomes:
- Analyze the health consequences of chronic disease and impact on patients during end of life care.
- Formulate decisions in accordance with ethical and legal principles of the hospice and palliative care field in assigned projects.
Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours.
- All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
- Depending on a student's undergraduate program of study, prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this concentration.
- **MED 484 Internship is directed by Dr. Gillian Hamilton at Hospice of the Valley. A minimum ASU cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher is required to enroll.
Required Courses - 12 credit hours
MED 325 Elements of Hospice and Palliative Care
MED 375 Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
MED 475 Palliative Care: Managing Complex Serious Illness
MED 484 Internship**
Elective Courses - 6 credit hours
HSC 410 Supporting the Health of Older Adults
HSC 412 Health Issues in Later Life
MED 445 Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease
PSY 447 Psychology of Aging
SOC 400 Perspectives on Aging
SOC 418 Aging and the Life Course (SOBE)
Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this concentration.
YEAR
2025-26
CAMPUS
Downtown Phoenix
ADVISING
Interdisciplinary Studies Advising
cisa.asu.edu/advising
All appointments:
480-965-4464
Downtown Phoenix
Arizona Center, Suite 380
Polytechnic
Santa Catalina Hall
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DARS CODE
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COLLEGE/SCHOOL
College of Health Solutions
CONCENTRATION CONTACT
College of Health Solutions | HLTHN 4th floor
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602-496-3300