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PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT

Course Introduction

This course starts you on your journey of integrating primary palliative care into your daily lives. You will learn what palliative care is, how to communicate with patients, show empathy, and practice difficult conversations. You will learn how to screen for distress and provide psychosocial support. You will learn about goals of care and advance care planning and how to improve your success with having these conversations with patients. Finally, you will explore important cultural considerations and improve your cultural competency on the topics covered.

Beginner Level

This course is designed for anyone interested in palliative care and contains optional deep dives on key content for clinicians and social workers.

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Earn a Certificate upon completion

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What will students learn?

Define the scope of palliative care and the roles of primary and specialist teams in comprehensive care for patients and families.
 
Explain the components of an interdisciplinary patient treatment plan that includes physical, emotional, social and spiritual care.
 
Discuss basic strategies for addressing psychosocial and relationship concerns in the context of serious illness.
 
Engage in goals of care and advance care planning discussions with patients and families

Duration

Duration of all short courses are eight (8) weeks.
 
This course is free to start, you only pay R1,000 ($50) for the certificate towards the end of the program.
 

Study Method

We have two main forms or types of eLearning solutions available for both individual learner and employers to choose for employees:

  1. Self-Paced Learning

  2. Virtual Learning

Assessment

There are no examinations in this short Course. You are only expected to complete the assignments and write Continuous Assessment (Multiple choice). With a PASS rate of 70%
 

Course Subjects

  • Introduction to basic counselling

  • Psychosocial health in the work environment (hazard identification and evaluation)

  • Management of psychosocial risks.

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