EVENT OVERVIEW

Five day multi-disciplinary programme

About the event

This five day multi-disciplinary programme gives palliative care health and social care professionals from anywhere in the world, who are wishing to evaluate and develop their services, the opportunity to observe services provided by St Christopher’s. In addition, delegates will be encouraged to reflect on wider
contemporary issues and the implications for developing palliative care practice within their own setting/culture.

This programme offers structured facilitation so that each person can leave here with a clear understanding of what is relevant to their own specific care setting and a plan for implementation of their learning into practice. The programme combines practice observation facilitated by senior hospice clinicians with classroom presentations, group discussions and individual action planning. It also offers the opportunity to participate in an ongoing online learning community.

The aim is for programme participants to leave empowered and equipped to address some of the challenges of delivering holistic palliative and end of life care in the setting and communities in which they work.

How do I apply?

Please note that there are a limited number of places available for the Academy and early booking is advised.

To apply, please download, complete and email the application form to the Education Team. All applications must be completed in full and, once received, will be assessed by a multiprofessional panel.

Bursaries

There are a small number of bursary places available to applicants from resource limited countries. To apply please download, complete and email the bursary application form to the Education Team. All applications must be completed in full and, once received, will be assessed by a multi-professional panel. The closing date for bursary applications is 22 February 2019.

“Go around and see what is being done and then see how your own circumstances can produce another version; there is need for diversity in this field”

Dame Cicely Saunders from Essentials for a Hospice, 1976

• Topics
• Who is it for
• Tutors
• Outline
• Programme

• What will I learn?

  By the end of this five day programme participants will have:

  • a greater understanding of current global challenges to the effective care of people at end of life
  • a greater understanding of contemporary issues in the UK, and specifically for St Christopher’s, which challenge the delivery of good quality holistic palliative and end of life care
  • a greater understanding how the complex issues faced by those with advanced disease might be managed
  • a greater understanding of the dynamics of multi-disciplinary team working
  • a greater understanding of the importance of ensuring service delivery is underpinned by robust research-based evidence and evaluation
  • identified an action plan designed to support the implementation of learning into practice and formulated a strategy for evaluation
  • participated in an international learning community of palliative care professionals

• Who is it for?

  The programme is open to:

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

• Course tutors

  • Liz Bryan, Director of Education and Training, St Christopher’s
  • Dr Alison Landon, Speciality Doctor in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher’s
  • Sally Mercer, Principal Social Worker, St Christopher’s
  • Katie Scott, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St Christopher’s
  • The Rev Andrew, Goodhead Spiritual Care Lead, St Christopher’s

• What will the course look like?

  The programme will be delivered in a number or ways including:

  • Observation of multi-disciplinary team working
  • Observation of day care services for ambulatory patients and relatives
  • Contemporary challenges to the delivery of palliative and end of life care
  • Undertaking palliative care service evaluation with a focus on service user and carer experience
  • Providing social care in contemporary society
  • Providing psychosocial and spiritual care
  • Management of complexity in advanced disease and ageing
  • Interpersonal communication skills required to support patient-focused discussions and advance care planning
  • The role of education and community engagement.

• Programme

  This five-day programme will explore ‘Hospice’ care with a different focus each day:

  • Day 1: The context and challenges for ‘Hospice’ care
    • Global challenges
    • Ageing and frailty
  • Day 2: Early days
    • Identifying and communicating uncertain prognosis
    • Assessing need
    • Advance Care Planning.
  • Day 3: Living with a life-limiting condition
    • Rehabilitative palliative care
    • Engaging communities
    • Supporting people through loss and change.
  • Day 4: Dying with a life-limiting condition:
    • Symptom management
    • Family care
    • Care after death.
  • Day 5: Taking learning back into practice
    • Managing change
    • Transitional care
    • Staff resilience.