Palliative care education and training The development of palliative care as a field in medical schools is extremely important to increase knowledge and skills in palliative care within undergraduate and postgraduate medical and nursing programmes. The universities which currently have palliative medicine teaching within their medical faculty include UM, UKM, UiTM, USM and USiM. In 2014, the Ministry of Health also pioneered in an advanced diploma in palliative care programme which was developed specifically to provide specialized knowledge and skills to nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Since its inception, the programme has trained close to 80 nurses and paramedical staff throughout Malaysia. It is currently based in the Kolej Sains Bersekutu Sultan Azlan Shah, Ulu Kinta, Perak.