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Problem Solving in Paediatric Palliative Care Cardiff University

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Duration
4 months
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4 months
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Campus location
Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Cardiff, United Kingdom
Taught in
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English

About

Problem Solving in Paediatric Palliative Care is a Masters level short course in paediatric palliative care. This course is organised by Cardiff University in collaboration with Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice and the All Wales Managed Clinical Network for Children’s Palliative Care.

Overview

The vision of this Problem Solving in Paediatric Palliative Care course at Cardiff University is to improve patient care by delivering accessible education, through which it aims to support health-care professionals to problem solve in paediatric palliative care, whatever your setting or area of interest.

Benefits

  • You will benefit from increased knowledge and confidence when caring for patients with paediatric palliative care needs.
  • Reflection on communication skills strategies and ethical frameworks underlying practice will enhance your clinical and professional performance. The workshop element will support you to concentrate on issues specific to your own team or setting, thus benefiting clinical services.
  • Throughout the taught stages there are opportunities to acquire knowledge and understanding through a variety of means including independent study, reflective practice, peer discussion, workshops and tasks/exercises, communication skills practice and self-assessment, reviewing learning materials and lectures.

Programme Structure

Topics covered:
  • Early days: principals and philosophy of paediatric palliative care, identification of need, referral to services, assessment
  • Period of stability/need for parallel planning (includes symptom control)
  • End-of-life phase including Paediatric Advance Care plan (PAC-Plan)
  • Bereavement and staff support

Key information

Duration

  • Full-time
    • 4 months

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Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

  • Cardiff, United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • The course is open to physicians, nurses, psychologists, therapists and other professionals working with children.
  • It is also suitable if you are interested in end-of-life/palliative care or have a commitment to implementation and dissemination of paediatric end-of-life/palliative care education within your institution or organisation.

Tuition Fees

Living costs

Cardiff

United Kingdom
628 - 1066 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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