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Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care (GC-PALCARE) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Principal Coordinator
Karen Quinn
Contact
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/graduate-certificate-in-palliative-care
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149 Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm AEST/AEDT. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm AEST/AEDT.
Intended learning outcomes
Beyond the core curriculum of the Specialist Certificate, the Graduate Certificate will extend health professional competencies across a greater range of clinical areas. Students who complete the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care should have increased knowledge, skills and competence in areas of bereavement care, adult and paediatric palliative care as well as a sound foundation in the core principles of palliative care.
Generic skills
On completion of the course, students should have:
- An advanced theoretical and practical understanding of contemporary palliative care practice
- Developed the capacity to analyse and relate evidence based practice to the clinical setting
- Increased their level of clinical competency in analysis and evaluation to assist in assessing and managing a range of clinical symptoms
- Considered the role of a multidisciplinary team in meeting the needs of a patient and family with a life limiting illness and enhanced ability to transmit solutions to the team
- Critically analysed the impact of loss and bereavement both for themselves and for the provision of services to patients as practitioners
Last updated: 18 September 2021