End-of-Life Essentials education modules

Content

The education modules are designed to assist clinical staff working in acute hospitals in delivering end-of-life care. They provide clinically relevant and evidence based learning materials with quizzes, evidence based links and educational videos.

The following modules are now available:

Understanding the context of dying and death

• End of Life Care for Diverse Communities
• Dying, a normal part of life
• States of Mind at the End of Life
• Assessing Patient States of Mind at the End of Life
• Clinical Management of Anxiety, Depression and More

Clinical skills in end-of-life care

• Recognising the end of life
• Patient-centred communication and shared decision-making
• Planning end-of-life care - goals of care
• Responding to concerns
• Teams and continuity for the patient
• Imminent death - how to respond

End-of-life care with different patients

• Chronic complex illness end-of-life care
• Emergency department end-of-life care
• Paediatric end-of-life care

Depth

Intermediate

Target audience

Health Professionals

Authors

End-of-life Essentials, Flinders University

Comments

Interactive, peer reviewed and evidence-based education for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who work in acute hospitals. Clinicians are encouraged to examine their own practice and build on their individual expertise across a wide range of issues which are fundamental to quality and safe end-of-life care in hospitals.

Doctors, nurses and allied health professionals will find specific resources and learning opportunities within each module for their own professional perspective.

Registration required

Yes

Payment required

No

Student support

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Country of origin

Australia

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