Palliative Care Always Capstone Course

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Approx. 13 hours to complete

Course Summary

This course provides an opportunity for learners to integrate their palliative care learning into a capstone project that demonstrates their mastery of the palliative care competencies. Learners will be offered an opportunity to use their project to demonstrate their achievement of mastery of palliative care knowledge and skills.

Key Learning Points

  • Integrating palliative care into clinical practice
  • Advanced communication skills in palliative care
  • Caring for diverse patient populations
  • Creating a comprehensive and personalized care plan

Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have

  • Palliative Care Physician
    • USA: $220,000
    • India: ₹1,650,000
    • Spain: €85,000
  • Hospice Nurse
    • USA: $70,000
    • India: ₹500,000
    • Spain: €32,000
  • Palliative Care Social Worker
    • USA: $54,000
    • India: ₹400,000
    • Spain: €26,000

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Learning Outcomes

  • Integrate palliative care principles into clinical practice
  • Demonstrate advanced communication skills in palliative care
  • Develop personalized care plans for patients with diverse needs

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

  • Completion of previous courses in the Palliative Care specialization
  • Basic knowledge of clinical practice

Course Difficulty Level

Advanced

Course Format

  • Online
  • Self-paced
  • Capstone Project

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Notable People in This Field

  • Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care Physician and Advocate
  • Palliative Care Physician and Researcher

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Description

The Palliative Care Always Capstone course is designed to let you test your knowledge about palliative and help others understand the value of palliative care, while showing your creative side. In this course, you will impact community awareness about palliative care, promote self-care and wellness, show-off your communication skills in a virtual environment, and finish the course off by proving your thoughts on ways to offer psychosocial support to a patient and family.

Knowledge

  • Explain the scope of palliative care in comprehensive care for patients and families to a variety of audiences.
  • Outline ways to manage stress and nurture one's physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing in a care plan.
  • Provide coping mechanisms or other methods to support patients and families.
  • Practice demonstrating empathy and compassion via a virtual or remote communication.

Outline

  • Course Introduction and Overview
  • Overview
  • Personal Reflection
  • Advocating for Palliative Care
  • Promoting Self-Care and Wellness
  • Communication Skills
  • Exercise Introduction
  • Psychosocial Support for the Patient and Family
  • Final Thoughts
  • Specialization Summary

Summary of User Reviews

This course on palliative care capstone has received positive reviews from its users. Learners appreciated the real-world application of the course content and the empathy and compassion demonstrated by the instructors.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

Real-world application of the course content

Pros from User Reviews

  • Great instructors who exhibit empathy and compassion towards the subject matter
  • Practical application of concepts learned in class
  • Excellent resources and assignments that help learners understand the course material better

Cons from User Reviews

  • Some learners found the course content to be too challenging
  • The workload can be overwhelming for some students
  • The peer-review process can be inconsistent and unreliable
  • Some learners felt that the course lacked diversity in terms of the patient population represented
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Approx. 13 hours to complete
Kavitha Ramchandran, Jan DeNofrio
Stanford University
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