Multi-professional week in palliative care

This established course, led by St Christopher’s Hospice staff, provides an opportunity for health and social care professionals from a variety of settings and countries to work together on exploring the key principles of palliative care and multi-professional working. It will enable members to develop greater confidence in the practice of their palliative care skills within their own clinical areas and in multi-professional teams.

Learning outcomes will be: to consider the core principles and elements of palliative care; to appreciate multi-professional working in theory and team dynamics; and to explore the working practices of palliative and end of life care from a multi-professional perspective.

Course content:

• multi-professional team working
• symptom control in advanced cancer
• spirituality and religion
• personal motivation and survival
• challenges in delivering care at home
• difficult counselling situations
• accessing creativity
• looking after ourselves
• working with families
• working with children
• culture and ethnicity
• sexuality
• ethics
• bereavement
• supervision and
• rehabilitation.

The course is open to:

• doctors                                                                                          
• nurses
• allied health professionals
• social workers
• psychologists
• counsellors
• chaplains
• psychiatrists and
• bereavement professionals.

Accreditation

CPD approved by RCP

Bursaries

A limited number of bursaries are available for overseas colleagues from developing countries. 

Applications

Download an application form for Multi-professional week

or contact

Education Administrator

Telephone 020 8768 4656

Email education@stchristophers.org.uk