QuoCCA - paediatric palliative care education

Content

These courses are written for healthcare and education professionals who support children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, and their families.

The following modules and learning packages are now available:
Individual courses (foundations of paediatric palliative care)

• Palliative care for children and young people
• Communicating with families about children who have life-limiting conditions
• Child safety and child protection in paediatric palliative care
• Advance care planning

Case-based learning for health professionals:

• What is paediatric palliative care
• How care is offered
• Grief and loss
• Communication techniques
• Ethical perspectives
• Physical, psychosocial, spiritual and emotional care

Allied health-focused case-based learning:

• Music therapy
• Nutrition and dietetics
• Occupational therapy
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Psychology
• Speech pathology
• Social work

Depth

Beginner to intermediate

Target audience

Any health and education professional who currently support children with a life-limiting condition and their families

Time to complete

Various; 30 minutes to 2 hours per module

Authors

Dr Anthony Herbert and Dr Stuart Ekberg

Comments

These courses are hosted by the Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative.

Registration required

Yes

Payment required

No

Student support

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Country of origin

Australia

Web Address

https://palliativecareeducation.com.au/​course/index.php?categoryid=42

For more information about paediatric palliative care please visit the QuoCCA website.