Palliative Approach and Communication Skills Workshop

Name: Palliative Approach and Communication Skills Workshop
Start: 2024-05-02T09:00:00+1000
End: 2024-05-02T16:00:00+1000
Location: Wellington Centre

Thu, 2 May 2024, 9am - 4pm AEST

Wellington Centre

Sale VIC, Australia

PEPA VIC

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Event description

Acquire knowledge, skills and confidence in providing palliative care for people with a life-limiting illness, and their families.

Topics:

The palliative approach?
Life limiting illnesses
Advance Care Directives and the Medical Treatment Planning & Decisions Act 2016
Caring for the professional caregiver
Communication skills training focusing on palliative care conversations

Target audience:

PEPA and Communication Skills Workshops for health professionals working in Oncology and Haemodialysis nurses.

Facilitators:

Carol Barbeler - Palliative Aged Care and Disability Resource Nurse & MND Shared Care Worker, Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium

Contact details for further information:

PEPA Administration Assistant

Email: pepa@svha.org.au

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The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care funds a range of national palliative care projects to enhance the quality of palliative care service delivery and increase support for people who are living with life limiting illness, who require end-of-life care, their families and carers. The overall aim is to improve access to high quality palliative care for all Australians as they require it.

The Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) forms part of the Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative. As a national palliative care project, this Collaborative takes a strategic approach to education and training of the health workforce and delivers programs for priority health care provider groups across primary, secondary and tertiary settings.

Specifically, PEPA aims to enhance the capacity of health professionals to deliver a palliative care approach through their participation in either clinical placements in specialist palliative care services or interactive workshops.

PEPA provides opportunities to develop confidence, knowledge and skills in the palliative approach to care through:

funded clinical workforce placements or workshops
integration of learning into your workplace
establishing networks of support

The PEPA learning experience can help you, as a health care provider, to:

gain a clear understanding of the principles of good palliative care
identify the needs of your patients with life-limiting conditions
understand the role of your discipline in managing common problems faced by palliative care patients
recognise your own knowledge base/scope of practice in regard to optimal palliative care provision
identify personal coping strategies for effective management of personal issues related to working in this area.

PEPA is being implemented in all Australian states and territories and applicants from rural and remote areas are encouraged to apply.

This program provides an ideal opportunity to learn from experienced specialist staff to enhance skills, knowledge and experience in the palliative approach.