caring@home GP CPD Activity

Content

caring@home offers three free education activities for GPs:

• Supporting end-of-life planning and care
• End-of-life planning mini audit
• FastTrack CPD.

The Supporting end-of-life planning and care webinar explores the key role of GPs in delivering high quality, person centred palliative and end of life care at home. It introduces the Prompts for End-of-Life Planning (PELP) Framework to support early identification, care planning and goal based conversations, demonstrates the palliMEDS app for managing terminal phase symptoms, outlines the Core Medicines List for timely access to essential palliative medicines, and highlights the use of clinical audit to improve practice in line with RACGP standards and national guidelines.

The end-of-life planning mini audit course is a practical, reflective learning activity designed to support GPs in delivering high quality, compassionate end of life care. Participants review care provided to three patients with a life limiting illness, using current evidence based guidance and the Prompts for End-of-Life Planning (PELP) Framework to reflect on identification, planning, documentation, and care delivery. The activity encourages structured reflection, identification of improvement opportunities, and optional peer discussion to support continuous quality improvement and meaningful CPD aligned with everyday general practice.

Four core medicines are commonly used to manage terminal symptoms. The two FastTrack CPD activities help GPs delivering home-based palliative care understand these drugs, their appropriate use, and legal considerations such as the doctrine of double effect. Both activities include a clinical fact sheet and a multiple-choice-question quiz. The focus of these activities is:

• FastTrack CPD 1 - Terminal care: management of pain and respiratory secretions
• FastTrack CPD 2 - Terminal care: management of anxiety and emesis.

Depth

Basic to advanced

Target audience

These activities are designed for GPs caring for patients with life-limiting conditions, especially those involved in palliative care, aged care, and chronic disease management.

Time to complete

Supporting end-of-life planning and care: approximately 1 hour

End-of-life planning mini audit: approximately 3 hours

Each FastTrack CPD activity: approximately 60 minutes

Authors

caring@home and Medcast

Comments

GPs can claim CPD points:

• Supporting end-of-life planning and care: 1 hour CPD
• End-of-life planning mini audit course: 30 minutes of EA CPD and 2.5 hours of MO CPD
• Each FastTrack CPD activity: 30 minutes of EA CPD and 30 minutes of RP CPD.

The Supporting end-of-life planning and care and End-of-life planning: mini audit webinars are formally accredited with RACGP and ACRRM.

Registration required

Yes, these courses are delivered by Medcast and require setting up or accessing a free Medcast account.

Payment required

No

Student support

Yes

Certificate

GPs can either self-report their CPD to their CPD home or allow Medcast to track their learning through a personal CPD Tracker, which can be downloaded and submitted annually.

Country of origin

Australia

Web Address

https://www.caringathomeproject.com.au/for-health-professionals/education-options-for-health-professionals/gp-cpd-activity

Page updated 27 March 2026