Certificate in Palliative Care

Module 1: Introduction to Palliative Care (5 Weeks)

Learning Objectives: At the end of this module, the participants will be able to:

• Identify the concept of palliative care and its role in management of illness
• Apply the principles of palliative care to manage pain by pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches
• Understand the challenges of breaking bad news
• Recognize factors contributing to the prognosis of various life limiting illnesses, recognize EOL and trajectory events referred to as actively dying or imminent death
• Define code status and understand principles of DNA CPR
• Making the decisions about commencing an end of life care plan.

This is a certificate course in Palliative Care.