Topic - End of Life Law for Clinicians
Content
The online course comprises ten modules covering the following topics:
- The role of law in end of life care
- Capacity and consent to medical treatment
- Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment
- Advance Care Planning and Advance Care Directives
- Substitute decision-making for medical treatment
- Providing palliative medication
- Children and end of life decision-making
- Futile or non-beneficial treatment
- Emergency treatment for adults
- Managing conflict
- Voluntary assisted dying and the law
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and end of life law.
Depth
Intermediate / Advanced
Time to Complete
Target Audience
Medical specialists including GPs and trainee specialists involved in end-of-life decision making, junior medical practitioners in the hospital setting, medical degree students.
Authors
Queensland University of Technology; Professor Ben White, Professor Lindy Wilmott, Professor Patsy Yates, Dr Shih-Ning Then.
Comments
The course aims to address current gaps in clinicians’ knowledge of end of life law. Each training module takes approximately 15-30 minutes to complete. Course content includes an overview of the law and its application to clinical practice, case studies, legal case examples, and self-assessment activities. The online training is complemented by the End of Life Law in Australia website.
Registration Required
Yes
Payment Required
No
Student Support
No
Certificate
Yes
Country of Origin
Australia
Web Address
https://palliativecareeducation.com.au/course/index.php?categoryid=5
Page updated 15 September 2022