Topics:
- The Role of Palliative Care in the ICU
- Communication Skills in the ICU
- ICU Ethics
- Compassionate Removal of Mechanical Ventilation
- Compassionate Discharge
- Grief & Bereavement
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- Understand different models of care for providing generalist and specialist palliative care in the ICU
- Communicate with families using the Serious Illness Conversation Guide to understand patient's values and preferences
- Analyse complex ethical issues using the Jonsen's 4-Box Approach
- Understand the importance of standardizing the compassionate removal of mechanical ventilation
- Describe the considerations in a compassionate discharge
- Identify and respond to acute grief reactions
Learners will access materials such as videos, animated presentations, readings, assessments on the Learning Management System (LMS) at their own pace and time.
Estimated time required is 7 hours.
Learners have access to the materials for one month upon successful registration.
The online self-paced learning is supplemented by an online forum that will address any questions and comments at the end of the course.