Advance Care Planning (ACP)
Advance Care Planning is a process of reflection and communication. It is a time for patients to reflect on their values and wishes, and to let others know what kind of health and personal care they would want in the future if they became incapable of consenting to or refusing treatment or other care.
Primary care providers are best positioned to have these discussions with patients because they often have a longstanding relationship and a better understanding of who they are as people.
Cancer Care Ontario believes discussions about advance care planning should take place early in the cancer care continuum.
For more information: https://www.advancecareplanning.ca/health-care-professionals/
Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative and End of Life Care (LEAP)
The LEAP Course was developed by Pallium Canada to facilitate inter-professional collaboration and support individual and team practice change. Focusing on current best practices, LEAP provides a standardized, competency-based approach to enhancing palliative care services across Canada.
For more information: https://www.pallium.ca/
Interdisciplinary Palliative Education
VON Durham is the lead organization for Interdisciplinary Palliative Education in the Durham Region.
Advanced Palliative Practice Skills (APPS) program
This six-week practical course is for health-care aides, personal support workers or hospice volunteers working or volunteering in hospice palliative care.
Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care (FHPC)
FHPC is an introductory level program based on the 2002 A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care. Core content explores foundational concepts of effective communication, group function and change facilitation along with key definitions, values and guiding principles. This six-week course is open to volunteers, caregivers, community members or health-care providers.
Enhanced Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care (EFHPC)
EFHPC is designed to meet the learning aspirations and needs of support workers who care for persons and families living with life-threatening illness. The course draws on the current knowledge, skill and experience of the learner and challenges the support worker to deepen his or her understanding of concepts, develop new skills and apply new learning in practice. This two-week course is open to registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and registered practical nurses (RPNs) who have completed the Fundamentals training.
Comprehensive Advanced Hospice Palliative Care Education Program for Nurses (CAPCE)
Through a variety of learning strategies participants are challenged to identify issues impacting persons and families living with progressive life-threatening illness and to engage in therapeutic encounters to assist in a change in the illness experience. This 18-week course is designed to develop nurses as leaders and experts in hospice palliative care. It is open to RNs, NPs or RPNs with experience in palliative care who have completed the Fundamentals and Enhanced Fundamentals courses.
Collaborative PPSMC Education Website
