This practice and theory module is a meaningful way to gain knowledge for clinical practice and achieve CPD which can be used as evidence for NMC revalidation purposes.
It presents an opportunity to examine principles and to update on current practice in palliative care with regard to symptom management and to review the evidence base for practice.
Session | Date | Time | Topic |
1 | 01/05/2024 | 09:30-12:30 | Philosophies & Principles of Palliative Care
This workshop is suitable for those who have an interest in care of the very ill, dying and bereaved; and who wish to gain foundation knowledge in palliative care: • What is Palliative Care? |
13:30-16:30 | Principles of Symptom Management
This workshop will help you gain knowledge, skills and understanding of symptom assessment and general principles underpinning our approach to providing holistic palliative symptom control: • Symptom patterns and prevalence |
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2 | 08/05/2024 | 09:30-12:30 | Gastrointestinal Symptoms & Their Management
This session is designed to enhance your knowledge and practice in helping palliative care patients and their families manage these complex and often underrated difficulties which may have a major impact on quality of life: • Oral problems |
13:30-16:30 | Respiratory Symptoms & Their Management
One of the key focus points of this session is the role we may be able to play in helping with or mitigating against particularly distressing and emotive symptoms: • Cough / hiccoughs |
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3 | 15/05/2024 | 09:30-12:30 | Pain – Types, Assessment & Management
This day is aimed at those whose roles involve caring for people who have to face and cope with pain. The session will help you gain knowledge, skills and understanding of both the problems and a range of care and treatment strategies:
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13:30-16:30 | Pain – Application of Principles to Practice | ||
4 | 22/05/2024 | 09:30-12:30 | Non-Malignant Organ Disease 1
During this session, we will consider issues relevant to palliation of organ disease and will have opportunity to examine the impact of such diagnosis/transitions of care for professionals, patients and their family members. We will explore: • Renal disease |
13:30-16:30 | Non-Malignant Organ Disease 2
As with the morning’s session, we will consider issues relevant to palliation of organ disease and will have opportunity to examine the impact of such diagnosis/transitions of care for professionals, patients and their family members. We will explore: • Heart disease |
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5 | 05/06/2024 | 09:30-12:30 | Palliation & Neurological Conditions
Neurological disease presents us with a raft of practical, clinical and ethical problems. The aim of this event is to consider how, when and where palliative care begins and fits in with other supportive care elements: • Ethical considerations oof treatment |
13:30-16:30 | Palliation & Dementia
This event offers an opportunity to review the palliative care needs in a group of people for whom assessment and communication present us with significant challenges: • Dementia – who do we mean? |
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6 | 12/06/2024 | 09:30-12:30 | Clinical Emergencies in Palliative Care
Even within the context of palliative care some situations are emergencies. What are they? Can we prevent them? How do we manage them? What consequences do they hold? The aim of this session is to address these questions and explore practical and non-practical issues which need to be considered: • Hypercalcaemia of malignancy |
13:30-16:30 | Identifying & Managing the Final Phases of Life
• Maximising physical comfort (including symptom management aspects) |
Course Options
£50 Half Day / £70 Full Day / £340 to attend the Full 6-week Clinical Aspects Programme
Please email education@smhospicehereford.org if you would only like to attend individual sessions.