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Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Palliative Care

Approx. 15 hours to complete

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Course Summary

Learn about the psychosocial and spiritual aspects of palliative care and how it can help patients and their families cope with end-of-life situations.

Key Learning Points

Understand the impact of psychosocial and spiritual factors on patients and their families during end-of-life care
Learn how to effectively communicate with patients and their families about psychosocial and spiritual concerns
Develop skills to provide comprehensive and holistic palliative care to patients

Learning Outcomes

Understand the psychosocial and spiritual factors that impact end-of-life care
Develop communication skills to address psychosocial and spiritual concerns with patients and their families
Provide holistic and patient-centered palliative care

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Basic understanding of healthcare and patient care
Interest in palliative care and end-of-life care

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

Self-paced
Online
Video Lectures
Case Studies

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Description

In this course, you’ll learn how serious and life-threatening illnesses often affect emotional and spiritual well-being. Illnesses can increase stress as patients and families learn to live with a “new normal” that may often focus on illness. You’ll learn how to tell when normal sadness (or grief) becomes something more serious and needs to be addressed. People with serious illnesses also have social concerns as their family, friends and community support system becomes stretched, and sometimes fails. We’ll talk about resources and skills you can use to help support patients and families. You’ll learn about advance care planning, that includes shared decision-making, setting goals of care, and writing down plans for care.

Outline

Introduction to Common Psycho-Social-Spiritual Concerns
What Do We Mean By Psycho-Social-Spiritual Concerns?
What Are Common Psychological Concerns?
What Are Common Social Concerns?
What Are Common Spiritual Concerns?
Feeling Out of Control
Who Can I Count On When I'm Sick?
Sexuality
Body Image
Financial Stress
Income
Health Insurance
About Us: Palliative Care Specialization Team at CU Anschutz
Easing Psycho-Social-Spiritual Concerns Information
A View On Common Concerns
Easing Relational Stress
Sexuality and Body Image
Introduction to Common Concerns Assessment

How Sad Is Too Sad?
How Sad it Too Sad?
Losses with Serious Illness
Grief: Waves of Sadness
Caregivers Also Grieve
Easing Caregiver Burden
Life Has Lost Its Meaning
How To Tell If Someone is Depressed?
Depression or Demoralization?
Desire For Hastened Death
Grief: Waves of Sadness
Easing Caregiver Burden
Life Has Lost Its Meaning
Depression or Demoralization?
Desire For Hastened Death
How Sad is Too Sad Assessment

Anxiety and Coping
Anxiety and Coping With Serious Illness
Anxiety & Serious Illness: What's Normal?
Death Anxiety
How You Can Help Ease Anxiety
Ways People Cope with Serious Illness?
Spirituality and Coping with Serious Illness
Helping People Cope with Serious Illness
Provide Support and Care in the Last Days of Life
Comfort Care Plans
Care of the Body
Read this before the next lecture
What's Normal?
Death Anxiety
How You Can Help Ease Anxiety
Helping People Cope with Serious Illness
Provide Support and Care in the Last Days of Life
Comfort Care Plans
Anxiety and Coping Assessment

Easing Spiritual Distress
Easing Spiritual Distress
Spiritual or Religious?
Respectful Spiritual Conversations
Core Values Defined
Tips for SNAP
Why is Meaning Making Important?
Ways to Understand Serious Illness: Moral and Biomedical
Ways to Understand Serious Illness: Social and Energy Body
Spiritual Distress or Spiritual Crisis?
What are Miracles?
Keeping Hope Alive
Watch this video before the lecture
Core Values and Tips for SNAP (Optional)
Ways to Understand Serious Illness
Spiritual Distress or Spiritual Crisis?
Keeping Hope Alive
Ways To Understand Illness
Easing Spiritual Distress Assessment

Advocating Advance Care Planning, Shared Decision Making, Goals of Care, and Family Meetings: “We Cannot Direct the Wind But We Can Adjust the Sails.”
Everything You Want To Know About ACP
What is an Advance Directive (AD)?
Advocating For The Seriously Ill Person
Medical Durable Power Of Attorney (MDPOA)
What If We Didn't Talk About It?
What Should I Say?
Goals of Care
PERSON
You Mean I Get To Decide?
Family Conference - Part 1
Family Conference - Part 2
A Conversation Between Martha, Julie, and Harri - Part 1
A Conversation Between Martha, Julie, and Harri - Part 2
Everything You Want To Know About ACP
Start Preparing Your AD
What If We Didn't Talk About It?
What Should I Say?
Goals of Care
PERSON
You Mean I Get To Decide?
Martha Sturdivant Case Story and Case Study: Background
Advocating Advance Care Planning, Shared Decision Making, Goals of Care, and Family Meetings Assessment

Summary of User Reviews

This course on psychosocial and spiritual aspects of palliative care is highly praised by users for its comprehensive content and engaging presentation.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

The course provides valuable insights and practical strategies for addressing psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients and their families.

Pros from User Reviews

Comprehensive coverage of psychosocial and spiritual aspects of palliative care
Engaging and well-structured lectures
Practical strategies for addressing psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients and their families

Cons from User Reviews

Some users found the course to be too focused on theory and lacking in practical application
A few users reported technical issues with the platform
Some users felt that the course was too long and could have been condensed

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