Community Education Series - PalliLEARN (FREE for PCSA Members and people living/working in Country SA)

PalliLEARN webinars are FREE for PCSA Members and for people living or working in Country SA.
For metro, please register via: https://events.humanitix.com/community-education-series-pallilearn

PalliLEARN is a series of introductory, easy-to-understand courses for building the skills and awareness to support and care for those living with a life-limiting illness, dying, or grieving. Each course runs for 60 minutes. You can register for any course that interests you, or book all sessions in one go.

Who can attend?
These courses are open to all members of the community. There is no requirement for training or experience within the health or palliative care space. While not directly targeted to health professionals, everyone interested in these areas is welcome. The courses are particularly useful for people with aging parents, carers or family members of someone with a life-limiting illness, volunteers, or anyone seeking introductory-level palliative care awareness.

A Certificate of Attendance can be provided after each course on request.

Participating in these courses
Courses are delivered live via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent to you by email 1 day prior to each session. Please do not add the event to your calendar from the confirmation email — a session invite will be sent separately. If you register but are unable to attend the live webinar, a recording link will be sent to you within 48 hours of the session.

Note on AI notetakers: To protect participant privacy and the integrity of our content, the use of AI notetakers (such as Otter.ai, Fireflies, Zoom transcription bots, and similar tools) is not permitted during any PCSA-hosted webinars or online events.

COURSES AVAILABLE

1. What is Palliative Care?
Fri 7 August 2026, 11:00am — 12:00pm ACST

This introductory community education course explores what palliative care is in simple, community-friendly language. It introduces ten easy-to-remember aspects of palliative care to help you improve your understanding and describe it to others.

What topics are covered?

• Common myths and misunderstandings about palliative care

• What is palliative care

• What the World Health Organisation says

• Who provides palliative care

2. What Matters Most to Me?
Fri 7 August 2026, 12:30pm — 1:30pm ACST

This introductory education course focuses on discussion starters, advance care planning (ACP), and understanding what is important to someone at the end-of-life phase.

What topics are covered?

• Why what matters most matters

• How do we know what matters most to people

• How to tell others what matters most

• Fulfilling what matters most for others

3. How to Have Conversations About Dying and Grief
Thu 20 Aug 2026, 9:00am — 10:00am ACST

Conversations about dying and grief are important but can be challenging. This course provides practical tips on how to have caring and compassionate conversations with loved ones, colleagues, neighbours, or friends about an area of life we often avoid.

4. Your Role in a Compassionate Community
Thu 20 Aug 2026, 10:30am — 11:30am ACST

Compassionate communities are networks of support around people experiencing serious illness, dying, death, and grief. This course is for community members, community groups, and community leaders to build their own skills and awareness around compassionate communities, with information and ideas to nurture compassion in your local area.

5. Talking to Children About Dying
Wed 23 Sep 2026, 1:00pm — 2:00pm ACST

Children and teenagers experience grief too. This course highlights the importance of — and provides tips on — having simple and honest conversations with children and teenagers about serious illness, dying, death, and grief.

6. How to Nurture Compassion
Wed 23 Sep 2026, 2:30pm — 3:30pm ACST

Compassion is more than a thought and more than a feeling — it involves doing something to reduce suffering. This course provides an overview of compassion and the concept in action.

What topics are covered?

• What is compassion?

• Recognising suffering

• Common humanity

• Compassion in action

7. Palliative Caring (hosted during National Carers Week)
Mon 12 Oct 2026, 11:00am — 12:00pm ACDT

Planning is an essential aspect of palliative caring. This course focuses on 5 simple steps to identify an individual's circle of care and collaboratively plan for that person's care needs.

8. Self Care (hosted during National Carers Week)
Mon 12 Oct 2026, 12:30pm — 1:30pm ACDT

You can't pour from an empty cup. This course shares hints and tips on self-care for those supporting others through illness, dying, and grief.

What topics are covered?

• Why self-care is important

• Types of self-care

• Self-care planning

• Creating self-care habits