Stanford University
Palliative Care Always Specialization
Stanford University

Palliative Care Always Specialization

Integrate palliative care into your daily practice. Master complex communication skills and learn tools to screen for palliative needs and offer basic palliative care.

Jan DeNofrio
Kavitha Ramchandran
Manuela Kogon

Instructors: Jan DeNofrio

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1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.7

(149 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

What you'll learn

  • The scope and role of palliative care as part of a patient and family's care plan

  • Components of a treatment plan for physical, psychosocial, and spiritual care, including screening, assessment and management of patient needs

  • Effective communication skills for responding to emotion, delivering difficult news, and discussing goals of care

  • Issues around transitions in care (e.g. survivorship or hospice transition)

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Taught in English
66 practice exercises

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Specialization - 5 course series

What you'll learn

  • Define the scope of palliative care and the roles of primary and specialist teams in comprehensive care for patients and families

  • Explain the components of an interdisciplinary patient treatment plan that includes physical, emotional, social and spiritual care

  • Discuss basic strategies for addressing psychosocial and relationship concerns in the context of serious illness

  • Engage in goals of care and advance care planning discussions with patients and families

Skills you'll gain

Patient Communication, Patient-centered Care, Psychosocial Assessments, Stress Management, Interpersonal Communications, Family Support, Care Coordination, Cultural Responsiveness, Communication, Rapport Building, Patient Education And Counseling, and Discussion Facilitation

What you'll learn

  • Respond to the subjective experience of symptoms and side effects using assessment tools and communication skills

  • Conduct a pain assessment and provide basic pain management using medication and lifestyle modification

  • Describe several interventions to help with emotions and coping and the role the palliative care psychiatrist plays in caring for the patient

  • Define distress and common causes of emotional distress related to life-threatening illness

Skills you'll gain

Patient Communication, Pain Management, Pharmacology, Patient-centered Care, Patient Evaluation, Nursing Practices, Mental Health Diseases and Disorders, Communication, Basic Patient Care, Psychosocial Assessments, Patient Education And Counseling, and Clinical Assessment

What you'll learn

  • Describe how a patient’s needs change as the prognosis changes

  • Identify the benefits of spiritual screening and assessment

  • Define survivorship and specific survivorship needs for patients

  • Define hospice care and how it differs from palliative care

Skills you'll gain

Hospice, Patient-centered Care, Patient Communication, Oncology, Dignity in Care, Pain Management, Mental Health, Care Management, Care Coordination, Family Support, Patient Education And Counseling, and Long Term Care

What you'll learn

  • Describe several interventions to help with the emotions and coping of being a family member or caregiver of someone with serious illness.

  • Conduct a basic screen for appropriate adjustment in children.

  • Define caregiver burden and how to screen for it.

Skills you'll gain

Family Support, Caregiving, Parent Communication, Working With Children, Medical Social Work, Hospice, Child Health, Stress Management, Pain Management, Child Development, Clinical Assessment, Nursing and Patient Care, Patient-centered Care, Family Therapy, Pediatrics, Patient Advocacy, Psychosocial Assessments, Social Work, Patient Education and Support, and Patient Communication

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Empathy, Telehealth, Patient Education And Counseling, Stress Management, Compassion, Mental Health Diseases and Disorders, Caregiving, Pain Management, Patient Advocacy, Community Health, Family Support, Hospice, Patient-centered Care, and Communication

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Instructors

Jan DeNofrio
Stanford University
5 Courses9,751 learners
Kavitha Ramchandran
Stanford University
5 Courses9,751 learners
Manuela Kogon
Stanford University
1 Course2,697 learners
Joshua C. Fronk
Stanford University
1 Course2,697 learners

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