An Introduction to Palliative Care

$200.00

Welcome to the first in our series on neurodegenerative disease and palliative care.
This training module is an introduction with a hint of things to come. It will be a pit stop tour, sharing with you the topics we will go into more depth on in subsequent trainings. Each module will have a video to view, some poetry or some prose, or some arts-based enquiry tools to reflect on, some journal articles and references, and some web links and resources.

The participant will be able to: br 1. Find out what palliative care means for you as an allied health professional.
2. Be informed by patients talking about their experience of having a life-limiting condition.
3. Understand the meaning of advanced care planning.
4. Complete ACP level I for yourself to heighten your understanding of palliation.
5. Begin to explore some local, national, and international resources.
6. Considering what a ceiling of care means.
7. Learn how to begin preparing yourself to look after the needs of another with a life-limiting condition.

The course takes approximately two hours
NZSTA CPD unit allocation = 4 units

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