Skills for supporting end of life care

This module aims to support staff who wish to further develop their knowledge and skills of palliative and end of life supportive care. In order to achieve this the module philosophy places the patient, their family and carer as being the central focus.

Students will enhance their knowledge and understanding of the principles of supportive palliative care to include symptom management, psychosocial and spiritual issues, effective communication, multi-disciplinary team working and working with patients and families during both end-of-life care and following the patient’s death.

The module will also explore how national frameworks, legal, ethical and professional issues underpin service delivery specific to the roles and responsibilities of the health care practitioner.

The module team includes lecturers and senior clinical practitioners who have a specialist interest in end-of-life care.

This module is delivered both on campus, with some sessions being taught online.