PEPA Mentor Workshop

Target Audience: Palliative care professionals working in or closely with specialist palliative care services who are interested in becoming a PEPA Mentor to support their organisation as a Host site for PEPA placements.

Mentoring is defined as a relationship between an experienced and a less experienced person in which the mentor provides guidance, advice, support and feedback to the mentee to support their future experience and growth.

This workshop is designed for experienced health professionals who wish to mentor and share their palliative care knowledge with others. Prior to registering for the workshop, applicants are required to complete the online PEPA Mentoring modules PEPA Mentoring - PEPA (pepaeducation.com) as the workshop will build on the concepts and topics covered in the online program.

Topics:

Mentoring

• The what, why, who and how
• The challenges and rewards
• The positive learning environment
• Reflective practice

Cultural Safety

• Personal reflection
• Unconscious / conscious bias

Communication

• The importance of what we say and how we say it
• Effective feedback

Self-Care

Case studies

Following the workshop, participants will:

• Be able to identify principles for culturally safe, supportive mentoring, in the context of palliative care
• Feel more confident about accepting a PEPA participant as a mentee

Enquiries:

Michelle Foot

PEPA Administration:

E: pepa@svha.org.au

P: 03 9231 1926