Advance Project for GPs
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Advance Project for GPs

Topic - Palliative care in general practice

Content

Identifying palliative care and Advance Care Planning needs.

Concepts covered in this course include:

  • Learning about the role of GPs and general practice in Advance Care Planning and palliative care
  • Learning how evidence-based tools can be used to initiate Advance Care Planning discussions and assess patients and carers palliative and supportive care needs
  • Learning how specialist palliative care services can support general practice in this role, if required
  • Learning how to initiate Advance Care Planning discussions and assess palliative and supportive care needs using the Advance Project Guide and assessment tools.

The Advance Project dementia training

Course aims to enable better healthcare outcomes for people living with dementia, and to build capacity in aged and primary care to:

  • Initiate conversations about advance care planning with people living with different stages of dementia.
  • Empower and prepare families to advocate for the person’s end of life care wishes in the future.
  • Identify people with dementia who would benefit from a structured assessment of their palliative care needs.
  • Systematically assess the palliative care needs of the person living with dementia.

Depth

Intermediate / Advanced

Target Audience

General Practitioners

Time to Complete

Two hours for palliative care modules, 4 hours for dementia modules

Authors

The Advance Project

Comments

The Advance Project offers a range of learning options for general practitioners to develop their knowledge of, and skills in using, screening tools to support the provision of palliative care and advance care planning (ACP) in everyday general practice. The online training activity for General Practitioners has been accredited by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

Registration Required

Yes

Payment Required

No

Student Support

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Country of Origin

Australia

Web Address

https://www.theadvanceproject.com.au/tabid/5231/Default.aspx

 

Page updated 23 January 2023