About this course

Palliative care training is a critical component of the healthcare profession as it focuses on treating the disease while improving patients' quality of life.

As cancer therapies develop, it becomes increasingly vital to meet patients' and their families' emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs, in addition to their physical issues.

This care is essential for treating pain, side effects, and overall well-being in cancer patients at any stage, allowing them to live in greater comfort and with dignity.

Understanding and integrating palliative care is critical for clinicians to provide thorough, compassionate treatment and ensure patients receive the greatest possible support throughout their journey. This includes primary care settings.

This module will explore the updates and approaches in principles of palliative care, highlighting interdisciplinary, therapies, and patient-centred care strategies.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Summarize the current literature on palliative care competencies for primary care physicians
• Describe the competency framework, its domains, and its competencies
• Identify the different challenges that healthcare professionals experience during the training and its application
• Recognize the common and unique characteristics of the primary care system
• Understand the suitable options for primary palliative care provision in Asia
• Learn about the barriers in resources and the opportunities to upscale primary palliative care

Topics covered:

Palliative Care Competencies in Primary Care by Dr. Kirsten Wentlandt W. Gifford-Jones Professor in Pain Control and Palliative Care Head of the Division of Palliative Care, University of Toronto

Current Evidence on Primary Palliative Care Competency Framework by Dr. Shrikant Atreya Senior Consultant and In-charge of Palliative Medicine Unit, Tata Medical Center, India Chairperson, WONCA Special Interest Group (SIG) for Palliative Care and Cancer

Current Situation on Primary Palliative Care in Asia: Preliminary Survey by Dr. Teguh Kristian Perdamaian Department of Community Medicine and Public Health Primary Palliative Care Research Group, The University of Edinburgh Special Interest Group (SIG) for Primary Palliative Care, Asia Pacific Hospice Network

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