About the Course

The Palliative Care Essentials course’s overall objective is to improve your understanding and knowledge on palliative care by providing you with the tools to care for patients with life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses, along with their families. 

It is composed of 9 independent and complementary modules which include:

• Introduction to Palliative Care
• Pain Assessment and Management
• Management of Symptoms Other than Pain
• Communication Skills for Palliative Care
• Psychological, Social, & Spiritual Support
• Care of the Dying Patient 
• Children, Specific Conditions, and Emergency Response 
• Programming & Implementation 
• Cases and Learner Assessment

People are more than just their physical bodies, and well-being requires a more holistic or whole person approach when caring for patients with serious and life-limiting illnesses. 

Supporting patients and families through serious illness and during the last days of life can be emotionally tiring, often pushing health care providers to their limits. For this reason, we will discuss the essential role of self-care in sustaining your well-being and resilience while caring for patients and their families at the end of life.   

Duration of Course:  

1 hour 

Target Audience

This course is aimed at all healthcare workers involved in providing palliative care and is particularly relevant for nurses, doctors, clinical officers, counsellors, psychologists and social workers.  

Methodology

Self-learning online course with activities.  

Certification

Participants will receive a badge on completion. 

IT Device – Applications

The course is best completed on a computer, laptop, or tablet. However, it should also be possible on a mobile if the screen size is large enough.  

N.B. Hyperlinks or links to websites are not available if you have downloaded the course and are completing it offline. You will need to have internet access to view them.  

Enrolment

Self-enrolment