Topic

Advance care planning and palliative care needs in general practice.

Content

Concepts covered in this course include:

  • The role of GPs in advance care planning and palliative care provision.
  • Evidence-based tools for initiating advance care planning discussions and assessing patients and carers palliative and supportive care needs.
  • General practice support from specialist palliative care services.

Depth

Intermediate to Advanced

Time to complete

Two hours

Target audience

General practitioners

Authors

The Advance Project

Comments

The Advance Project offers a range of learning options for general practitioners to develop their knowledge of, and skills in using, screening tools to support the provision of palliative care and advance care planning in everyday general practice. The online training activity for general practitioners has been accredited by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

Completion of this eLearning courses may entitle eligible participants to claim CPD points/hours.

Registration required

Yes

Payment required

No

Student support

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Country of origin

Australia

Web Address

https://www.theadvanceproject.com.au/Education-Training/General-Practice-Training/General-Practitioners

Last updated 19 December 2023