Topic
Paediatric palliative care
Content
These courses are written for healthcare and education professionals who support children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, and their families.
The following modules and learning packages are now available:
Individual courses (foundations of paediatric palliative care)
- Palliative care for children and young people
- Communicating with families about children who have life-limiting conditions
- Child safety and child protection in paediatric palliative care
- Advance care planning
Case-based learning for health professionals:
- What is paediatric palliative care
- How care is offered
- Grief and loss
- Communication techniques
- Ethical perspectives
- Physical, psychosocial, spiritual and emotional care
Allied health-focused case-based learning:
- Music therapy
- Nutrition and dietetics
- Occupational therapy
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Psychology
- Speech pathology
- Social work
Depth
Beginner to intermediate
Target audience
Any health and education professional who currently support children with a life-limiting condition and their families
Time to complete
Various; 30 minutes to 2 hours per module
Authors
Dr Anthony Herbert and Dr Stuart Ekberg
Comments
These courses are hosted by the Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative
Registration required
Yes
Payment required
No
Student support
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Country of origin
Australia
Web address
https://palliativecareeducation.com.au/course/index.php?categoryid=42
For more information about paediatric palliative care please visit the QuoCCA website.