AHRO Masterclass in Palliative Care

AHRO Masterclass in Palliative Care is organized by AHRO Center for Academic Research, AHRO University.

Overview:
The purpose of this course is to prepare the learners professionally for advanced and safer care for clients in need of palliative care. The course aims to enable the learners to integrate and perform advanced and safer palliative care, communicate effectively with clients, and assess their health needs. This course is a set of 20 credits in time limit of 3 months (204 hours) which include theory (108 hours), and self-directed learning (96 hours).

Outcomes
After taking part in this course, the learners should be able to:

• demonstrate advanced knowledge of palliative care
• apply high levels of decision-making and problem-solving in planning and providing palliative care
• use critical thinking skills in implementing the pharmacological and / or nonpharmacological interventions of pain management
• demonstrate advanced skills in addressing psychosocial and spiritual needs of clients and families.
• adopt high level communication skills as cornerstone in therapeutic relationships.

Modules
Module 1: Overview on Palliative Care

• Definition of terms
• Key facts related to palliative care
• Indications of palliative care
• Main objectives of palliative care

Module 2: Current Evidence Based Practice in Provision of Palliative Care

• General principles of palliative care services
• Categories of palliative care services
• Relief of symptoms
• Palliative care and hospice care
• Individualized, patient-centered care
• Addressing psychosocial and spiritual needs
• Caring for family and caregivers

Module 3: Pain Management

• Types of pain
• Methods of pain assessment and universal pain assessment tool
• Pharmacological interventions of pain management
• Nonpharmacological interventions of pain management Counselling

Module 4: Application of therapeutic communication skills in palliative care

• Techniques to improve listening skills in palliative care
• Techniques to improve talking skills in palliative care 

Note
The time limit of 90 days starts from the course registration.