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Adult Palliative Care (NURS90047)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
July
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Future Students: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/graduate-certificate-in-palliative-care/
Current Students: TL-palliativecare@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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Evidence Based Palliative Care (compulsory for all students)
- Day 1 – Pain Assessment & Management in palliative care (compulsory for doctors and nurses)
- Day 2 - Symptom Management in palliative care (compulsory for doctors and nurses)
- Day 3 – Palliative care in non-cancer context
- Day 4 - Psychosocial, spiritual and ethic-legal aspects of palliative care
- Day 5 - Family centred palliative care & cultural issues
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should have:
- Critically appraise literature relevant to course content
- Discuss the fundamentals of research in palliative care and evaluation techniques implemented
- Explore the principles of evidence based practice
- Identify symptoms often experienced by patients during the palliative phase of an illness
- Explore current evidence based strategies for complex symptom management
- Discuss models of grief and bereavement care , and be able to describe risk factors for prolonged grief
- Identify relevant legislation that guides palliative care practice in Australia
- Explore the concept of spiritual care in the context of palliative care provision
- Identify diseases other than cancer likely to benefit from a palliative approach
- Recognise challenges of providing palliative care for patients with non malignant diseases
- Discuss the impact of the caring role for a family caregiver
- Be aware of interventions to benefit families providing care to palliative care patients
- Identify opportunities for own learning needs
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted in either the Specialist Certificate in Palliative Care (GC-PALLC) or Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care (GC-PALCARE). This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- 2,000 word written assignment, due mid semester, (40%)
- 3,000 word clinical portfolio - set of self-directed clinically focused learning activities asessed by a clinical mentor, due end of semester, (60%)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- July
Principal coordinator Karen Quinn Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 20 hours of lectures/seminars/workshops Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 19 July 2018 to 14 September 2018 Last self-enrol date 30 July 2018 Census date 10 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 October 2018 Assessment period ends 5 November 2018 July contact information
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Future Students: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/graduate-certificate-in-palliative-care/
Current Students: TL-palliativecare@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject
Additional delivery details
A combination of face to face and online delivery, with a strong clinical focus. A delivery format of four four-day subjects offered intensively in two day blocks throughout the year has been established to enable accessibility for regional and interstate health professionals.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Therapeutic Guidelines: Palliative Care. Version 2. (2005).
Recommended texts and other resources
As part of their course materials students will be provided with articles and references that support the subject content.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care Course Specialist Certificate in Palliative Care - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022