Curricula

Objective

After completing the course, you will be able to act as an specialist in your field in a multi-professional team according to an advance care planning (ACP). You plan, implement, and evaluate holistic patient-centered symptomatic care in palliative care and end-of-life care based on evidence. You apply evidence-based information about the specifics of different disease groups as part of quality symptomatic treatment. You will be able to apply symptomatic treatment methods widely, taking into account the patient's life expectancy and evaluating their effectiveness. You apply your skills in the process of dying in a end-of-life patient with his / her family.

Content

- Multi-professional cooperation in symptomatic treatment
- Advance care planning and symptomatic treatment care plan
- Comprehensive symptomatic treatment:
- Symptom assessment and various symptom indicators
- Counseling of symptomatic treatment
- Pain
- Respiratory symptoms
- Gastrointestinal symptoms
- Oral symptoms
- Neurological symptoms
- Psychological symptoms
- Skin symptoms
- General symptoms
- Total pain
- Palliative sedation
- Emergencies
- Special features of symptomatic treatment of cancer, heart, lung, neurological and memory diseases and special groups
- The process of death and post-mortem care

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass:
Knowledge: The student masters the knowledge base corresponding to the special expertise of palliative care. He / she demonstrates critical understanding about key concepts, theoretical knowledge, principles, methods, and ethics. The student is able to acquire and evaluate evidence-based information from various data sources. He / she is able to use new knowledge, understanding the rapid accumulation of scientific knowledge and the development of the profession. He / she understands issues related to palliative care and the interfaces between different disciplines and professions. He / she is able to evaluate multidisciplinary knowledge from the perspective of his / her own professional tasks and responsibilities.

Skills: The student masters the special skills required to perform the care of a patient in palliative care. He / she is able to make decisions about complex treatment-related problems together with the patient. In problem solving, he / she utilizes evidence-based knowledge creatively. He / she is able to create, develop and utilize multi-professional and cross-organizational networks. He / she takes responsibility for patient care and its development in his /her own work community as part of a multidisciplinary team.

General competencies: The student is able to share, evaluate and justify structured and constructive evidence-based information for the development of care. He / she is proactive and takes responsibility for evaluating and reforming patient care practices in her work community. He / she critically examines his own skills and has internalized the continuous development of himself / herself and his/her work community. He / she understands future challenges such as a changing service system and multiculturalism.

Fail:
Knowledge: The student does not master information corresponding to special expertise in palliative care. He / she is not able to search comprehensively for evidence-based data and / or to evaluate the suitability and use of data in the treatment of a palliative patient. The minimum requirements (NQF / EQF 6) are not met.

Skills: The student does not master problem-solving skills corresponding to the patient's special care skills. His / her ability to develop and operate in multidisciplinary networks is insufficient. His / her preconditions for developing the care of a patient in palliative care in his / her own organization as part of a multidisciplinary team are insufficient. The minimum requirements (NQF / EQF 6) are not met.

General competencies:
The student does not master common competencies. He / she is not proactive and accountable evaluating and reforming patient care practices. The ability to understand future challenges is limited. The minimum requirements (NQF / EQF 6) are not met.