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Introductory Course on Palliative Care
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Introductory Course on Palliative Care

Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning, Grief, Pain
Created byGericare Education Hub
Last updated 2/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • What is Palliative Care
  • Common Disease Trajectories
  • Advance Care Planning
  • The Dying Process and Grief
  • Assessment and Management of Pain

Course content

2 sections • 8 lectures • 31m total length

  • What you need to know about Palliative Care3:08
  • What you need to know about Palliative Care
  • 3 Common Disease Trajectories3:43

    Identify three palliative care trajectories: rapid cancer decline with poor prognosis, intermittent organ failure crises, and gradual frailty decline; start advance care planning early to support patients and families.

  • 3 Common Disease Trajectories
  • Advance Care Planning (What you need to know)4:15
  • Advance Care Planning (What you need to know)
  • Dying Process (What to expect)4:11
  • Dying Process (What to expect)
  • Stages of Grief (What are they)3:10

    Explore the Kubler-Ross five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—and how grief varies by person and life event, from loss to illness or relationship endings.

  • Stages of Grief (What are they)

Requirements

  • There are no requirements or pre-requisites for this course.

Description

PowerFacts is a series of bite-sized educational videos on various healthcare issues. These videos are fun and easy to understand and pegged to audience of all ages and occupation. One can view them wherever they are, anytime and on your smart devices, such as handphones. The language is also kept simple and easy to understand for the non-English native speakers.


This is an introductory course on Palliative Care. In this PowerFacts series, total 8 topics will be covered.


Section 1: Introduction to Palliative Care

  1. What you need to know about Palliative Care

  2. 3 Common Disease Trajectories

  3. Advance Care Planning (What you need to know)

  4. Dying Process (What to expect)

  5. Stages of Grief (What are they)

Section 2: Assessment and Management of Pain

  1.    What is Pain?

  1. How to Assess Pain?

  2. How to Manage Pain?


There will be a short quiz as well following each of the 5 topics in Section 1 to test your knowledge on the topic covered.


These 8 topics are a selection of the 17 topics covered in the Foundations of Palliative Care through Bite-Sized Animations course, offering participants a glimpse into key concepts explored in the full program. This abridged version serves as an introduction, while the full course provides a more extensive learning experience, covering additional topics and includes pre- and post-course assessments to reinforce knowledge. Those looking to expand their understanding of Palliative Care are encouraged to explore the full course for a deeper and more comprehensive learning journey!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is suitable for all healthcare workers interested in Palliative Care, regardless of background and training.

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