PEPA: Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach eLearning - Paramedics

Content

An online training program developed to help paramedics provide palliative care and includes four modules:

1. A palliative approach to care
2. Communication
3. Providing care
4. Death, dying and bereavement

Depth

Introductory

Target audience

Paramedics

Time to complete

Self-paced

Authors

PEPA Academic and Clinical Paramedic Peer Review Group, the PEPA/IPEPA National Team, state and territory PEPA/IPEPA managers, and Professor Patsy Yates (Queensland University of Technology).

Comments

A learning guide supports the online learning with key information and links to detailed content and learning resources. It also provides opportunities for reflection and ongoing learning which will assist you in developing knowledge, skills, and confidence for your day-to-day work.

When you have completed the paramedics learning guide, you will be able to:

• describe the palliative approach to care and outline important principles of providing holistic and inclusive palliative care
• describe your role as a paramedic in providing care to people affected by life-limiting illness
• effectively communicate with patients and their families regarding serious illness, goals of care, dying and death
• describe ethical and legal considerations relating to palliative care in the context of paramedicine, including advance care planning, voluntary assisted dying, and other key aspects of end-of-life law in Australia
• identify ways to recognise deterioration and dying and outline important aspects of end-of-life care
• outline principles for managing symptoms associated with life-limiting illness and common emergency presentations
• identify resources to support the paramedic workforce in providing care to people with life-limiting illness
• identify ways to support people who are experiencing grief and loss and strategies for self-care.

Registration required

Yes

Payment required

No

Student support

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Country of origin

Australia

Web Address

https://pepaeducation.com/support-and-education/pepa-online-materials-and-learning-guides/