Palliative care for people from culturally and linguistically diverse background

Workshop Outline

The focus of this education is to enhance the capacity of the healthcare workforce to provide quality, holistic and culturally-responsive palliative care for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Following the completion of the workshop, all participants should have:

1. Enhanced understanding of key concepts relating to palliative care and cultural-responsiveness
2. Increased awareness of cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD) in the Australian healthcare context
3. Enhanced capacity to engage in self-reflection to develop cultural competence
4. Improved capacity in caring for, and communicating with CALD peoples affected by life-limiting illness
5. Increased awareness of and ability to embed culturally-responsive practice in palliative care settings.

Target audience:

This workshop provides dedicated training for all members of the healthcare team in relation to caring for people from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background, who are affected by life-limiting illness.

Facilitator:

Kerrie Cunningham: Kerrie has been working in palliative care and providing education for over 20 years, across a variety of settings, including rural remote Australia and metropolitan Melbourne. Kerrie is dedicated to helping enhance and enrich health professionals understanding of palliative care, which in turn leads to improved patient and family outcomes.

Cost:      Free (morning tea and lunch provided)  

Enquires: PEPA Administration Officer: pepa@svha.org.au

If you have registered and find you are unable to attend, please advise us as soon as possible, as these workshops are in high demand and we can offer your place to another participant. If you do not advise us and don't attend, you will incur an administration fee. Thank you for your understanding.

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Placements:

Would you like to see first hand what specialist palliative care providers do?

Observational placements are available for doctors, nurses, allied health and Aboriginal health professionals who are employed in health fields (e.g. hospitals, community, residential aged care facilities, general practice).

Apply through the PEPA website https://pepaeducation.com