Palliative Care Always Specialization
Master palliative care integration for comprehensive patient support. Learn communication skills and assessment tools for quality care.
Master palliative care integration for comprehensive patient support. Learn communication skills and assessment tools for quality care.
This comprehensive specialization from Stanford equips healthcare practitioners, patients, and caregivers with essential palliative care skills. The program focuses on integrating palliative medicine into patient care through five detailed courses. Participants learn crucial aspects including symptom management, effective communication techniques, and goals of care discussions. The curriculum emphasizes practical skills for supporting patients and families dealing with serious illness, covering everything from basic palliative care principles to advanced topics in care transitions and family support. The specialization culminates in hands-on projects developing care plans and public education materials.
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What you'll learn
Integrate palliative care principles into daily patient care practice, develop effective communication skills for difficult conversations, master symptom assessment and management techniques, learn to support families and caregivers effectively, understand transitions in care from survivorship to hospice, create comprehensive treatment plans addressing physical and psychosocial needs, implement strategies for managing emotional and spiritual distress.
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This course includes:
52 Hours PreRecorded video
Mock virtual care practice, Public materials creation, Care plan development
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There are 5 courses in this program
Essentials of Palliative Care
Course 1 · 10 Hours to complete · 7 modules
Symptom Management in Palliative Care
Course 2 · 9 Hours to complete · 6 modules
Transitions in Care from Survivorship to Hospice
Course 3 · 10 Hours to complete · 6 modules
Supporting Families and Caregivers
Course 4 · 10 Hours to complete · 5 modules
Palliative Care Always Capstone Course
Course 5 · 13 Hours to complete · 6 modules
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