PEPA (Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach) provides education and training opportunities for health care providers seeking to improve their confidence, knowledge and skills in palliative care.
GP online learning modules are now available to support knowledge and skills of GPs practice for palliative care delivery. These free resources include six modules of learning:
- Principles of Palliative Care
- Communicating with people with life-limiting illnesses
- Advance Care Planning
- Assessing and Managing Symptoms
- Assessing and Managing Pain
- Awareness of Self-Care
Click here to access the online modules.
Online learning is further supported with face-to-face workshops. These workshops allow GPs to come together for a few hours to discuss palliative care patient case studies with local experts.
Click here to learn about upcoming workshops.
PEPA also provides an opportunity for primary health care providers to develop skills in the palliative approach by undertaking a supervised clinical placement for up to four days within a palliative care specialist service. This is a great opportunity for staff to gain first hand insight into the local palliative care service and spend ‘one on one’ time with specialist palliative care providers.