Training materials

1.   Basic Palliative Care

• Overview – Introduction to Palliative Care
• Lesson Plan – Introduction to Palliative Care
• Lesson Plan  – Palliative care as an integrated medical discipline
• Power point slide – Palliative care as an integrated medical discipline

2.   Psycho Social and Spiritual Aspects

• Lesson plan – Loss, grief and bereavement
• Lesson plan – Practical issues at the end of life for patients and families
• Lesson plan Psychosocial Care
• Lesson plan – Spiritual Care
• Powerpoint Slides – Spiritual Care Part 1
• Powerpoint Slides – Spiritual Care Part 2

3.   Pain Assessment and Management

• Lesson Plan – Principles of pain treatment
• Lesson Plan – Pain and Total Pain in Palliative Care
• Lesson Plan – Barriers in Pain Management
• Lesson Plan – Pain Pathophysiology, Classification and Measurement

4.   Symptom Management

• Lesson Plan – Principles of Symptom Assessment and Management
• Lesson Plan – Assessment and Management of Common Symptoms in Palliative Care
• Lesson Plan – Care of the dying patient
• Lesson Plan – Dermatologic Conditions
• Lesson Plan – Neuropsychiatric Disorders

5.   Ethical and Legal Issues

• Lesson Plan – Decision making process and models of care
• Lesson Plan – Advance care planning
• Lesson Plan – Palliative care sedation, physician assisted suicide and euthanasia

6.  Communication

• Communication Overview
  • Lesson Plan – Core Communication Skills
  • Lesson Plan – Communication Challenges
  • Lesson Plan – Communication with the Patient and his or her family
  • Lesson Plan – Self-awareness and communication
  • Lesson Plan – Empathic communication and active listening
  • Lesson Plan – Dealing with collusion
• Planning Family Meetings
  • Lesson Plan – Planning a family meeting
  • Checklist for conducting family meeting
  • Guidance on conducting family meeting
  • Article by Hudson article  – family meeting
  • Useful links
• Assertive communication in conflict
  • Lesson Plan  – Assertive communication in conflict situations
  • Briefing – The Four Basic Styles of Communication
  • Self-assessment questionnaire
  • Useful links
• Self Awareness
  • Lesson plans – Self-awareness
  • Power Point slides – Self-awareness in communication
  • Video Links

7.    Team Work and Self Reflection

• Team Work
  • Lesson Plan – Team work
  • Lesson Plan – Palliative Care Teamwork and Team Dynamics
  • PowerPoint slides – teamwork 1
  • PowerPoint slides – teamwork 2
  • Exercise – team work written reflection
  • Role play – how to give feedback
  • Team work questions
• Goals of Medicine
  • Lesson plan – Limits and goals of medicine
  • Watch with Me – 2005
• Self care
  • PowerPoint slides – Self Care
  • Lesson Plan – Self-Care