Dr Bee Wee is the Academic Director of the Oxford International Centre for Palliative Care, Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care, and a Trustee of Marie Curie Cancer Care. She is Honorary Professor of Palliative Medicine at Sichuan University, China, and has an adjunct appointment as Associate Professor at the Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Dr Wee chairs the Science Committee for the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland. In 2006, she was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London in recognition of 'distinguished contributions in the field of medicine'. She has published on symptom control, specifically death rattle, and both medical and interprofessional education.

Mr Nic Hughes' teaching over recent years has focused on continuing professional development for specialists in cancer and palliative care. He has a special interest in education for leadership. He has published in the fields of education and end-of-life care.

• 1: Bee Wee and Nic Hughes: Introduction: learning and teaching palliative care


• PART I: THE CURRENT STATE OF PALLIATIVE CARE EDUCATION


• Section one: In the United Kingdom


• 2: Mary Miller and Bee Wee: Medical education


• 3: Lorraine Dixon: Nurse education


• 4: Gail Eva, Gillian Percy and Gillian Chowns: Occupational therapy, physiotherapy and social work education


• Section two: In other continents


• Introduction


• 5: Liz Gwyther: Africa


• 6: Cynthia Goh and Rosalie Shaw: Asia-Pacific


• 7: Odette Spruyt, Rod MacLeod and Peter Hudson: Australia and New Zealand


• 8: Marilène Filbet and Phil Larkin: Europe


• 9: Suresh Kumar: India


• 10: Frank Ferris and Charles F. von Gunten: North America


• 11: Gustavo de Simone: South America


• 12: Katy Newell-Jones: Implications for global education


• PART II: LEARNING, TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT


• 13: Bee Wee: Bedside teaching


• 14: Margaret Colquhoun and Kathy Munro: Work-based learning


• 15: Nic Hughes: Reflective learning


• 16: John Costello: Small group and one-to-one teaching


• 17: Marilyn Relf and Bob Heath: Experiential workshops


• 18: Bee Wee: Teaching large groups


• 19: Stephen Jones and Ilora Finlay: Distance learning


• 20: Bee Wee and Karen Forbes: Assessment


• 21: Heather Campbell: Evaluation


• PART III: BUILDING A CULTURE OF LEARNING IN PALLIATIVE CARE


• 22: Rod MacLeod and Tony Egan: Interprofessional education


• 23: Ruthmarijke Smeding, Bee Wee and John Ellershaw: Developing a community of teachers


• 24: Suzanne Henwood and Michelle McGannan: Continuing professional development


• 25: Barbara Gale: Organizing education: key concepts and processes


• 26: Bee Wee: Educational leadership