Specialist Certificate in Palliative Care
Course Introduction
The Centre for Palliative Care Education and Research @ St Vincent’s Hospital will offer a new University accredited graduate training program in palliative care through the University of Melbourne in 2008. The course aims to be the industry standard for working in specialist palliative care and will be delivered by experts in their fields, drawn from multiple institutions around Victoria, as appropriate.
The award course is targeted at health professionals (all disciplines) working in specialist palliative care. However, selected components of the award course would also be offered for short course attendance only. On this basis some components may also be targeted at generalist health care professionals who want the fundamentals of palliative care (eg GPs, aged care staff, hospital staff etc) but who do not wish to enrol in an award course.
Course Objectives
The course aims to be the industry standard for working in specialist palliative care and will be delivered by experts in their fields, drawn from multiple institutions around Victoria, as appropriate. The course will explore the core concepts related to palliative care, including symptom management, communication skills, and evidence based practice, non malignant palliative illnesses, psychosocial issues and the role of the family caregiver.
Venue
This course is delivered at University House, the University of Melbourne, Parkville campus.
2008 Subject Delivery Dates
Feb 28 & 29 - Palliative Care: The Essentials
May 5 & 6 - Therapeutic Communication Skills in Palliative Care
Jul 18 - Evidence Based Palliative Care
Aug 7 - Symptom Management in Palliative Care
Aug 8 - Palliative Care in Non-Cancer Context
Sep 11 - Psychosocial Aspects of Palliative Care
Sep 12 - Family Centred Palliative Care and Cultural Issues
Note: All subjects are offered as a short course (EXCEPT 5 & 6 May 2008: Therapeutic Communication Skills in Palliative Care) to people interested in attending but not wanting to enrol in the Specialist Certificate. For more information and short course fees see the application section below.
Course Structure
A formal award of the University of Melbourne comprising 25 points of training at Masters level, delivered as two standard 12.5 point subjects requiring 4 days of face-to-face teaching each
Each subject has been designed such that selected individual one and two day components can be offered independently for short course attendance only.
Subject 1: Fundamentals of Palliative Care (12.5 points)
Subject 2: Critical Inquiry in Palliative Care (12.5 points)Note: For those health professionals who do not wish to enrol in the award course, the single day and two day short courses may be available, but places will be limited and preference will be given to award students.
Course Coordinator Details
Associate Professor Peter Hudson
Ms Karen Quinn
Course Fees & Brochure
The Specialist Certificate in Palliative Care is $4,200 (GST exempt).
Specialist Certificate in Palliative Care 2008
Short Course Fees & Flyer
The Palliative Care Short Course Programs are $250 (plus GST) per day.
2008 Palliative Care Short Course Flyer
Application Process
Applications are managed by Student Services.
For further information contact:
Danielle Boardman
Project Manager
Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs
The University of Melbourne
Level 3, 442 Auburn Road
Hawthorn, Vic 3122 Australia
T: +61 3 9810 3250
F: +61 3 9810 3149
E: d.boardman@mccp.unimelb.edu.au