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Abstract Background: There is a known shortage of trained palliative care professionals, and an even greater shortage of professionals who have been trained through interprofessional curricula. As part of an institutional Palliative Care Training Center grant, a core team of interprofessional palliative care academic faculty and staff completed a state-wide palliative care educational assessment to determine the needs for an interprofessional palliative care training program. Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe the process and results of our community needs assessment of interprofessional palliative care educational needs in Washington state. Design: We approached the needs assessment through a cross-sectional descriptive design by using mixed-method inquiry. Setting/Subjects: Each phase incorporated a variety of settings and subjects. Measurements: The assessment incorporated multiple phases with diverse methodological approaches: a preparatory phase—identifying key informants; Phase I—...