Topic

Palliative care in general practice.

Content

Identifying palliative care and Advance Care Planning needs. Concepts covered in this course include:

  • Learning about the benefits and role of general practice in Advance Care Planning and early identification and assessment of patients’ palliative and supportive care needs.
  • Learning how to use a systematic approach to initiating Advance Care Planning and assessing patients’ and carers’ palliative and supportive care needs using The Advance Project Guide and evidence-based tools.
  • Learning how practice managers can support GPs and general practice nurses to start implementing the Advance Project assessment tools into everyday clinical practice.

Depth

Intermediate / Advanced

Target audience

Practice managers

Authors

The Advance project

Comments

The Advance Project offers a range of learning options for practice managers to develop their knowledge of, and skills in using, screening tools to support the provision of palliative care and advance care planning (ACP) in everyday general practice.

Registration required

Yes

Payment required

No

Student support

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Country of origin

Australia

Web address

https://www.theadvanceproject.com.au/tabid/5232/Default.aspx

Last updated 13 August 2021