PEPA Placements
All Levels
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Education DETAILS:
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Cost: See Dates and Enrol
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Level: All Levels
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Delivery Mode: N/A
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Duration: See Dates and Enrol
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Certificate: Yes
EDUCATION overview
Standard: PEPA / IPEPA placements are an immersive 2-5 day experience where health professionals are supported by a PEPA mentor in a specialist palliative care service to develop skills, knowledge and confidence in caring for people affected by life-limiting illness in day-to-day practice.
Reverse: A reverse PEPA placement involves a specialist palliative care provider coming to the participants’ workplace to provide an individualised learning experience for a small group of staff over 2 days. This placement model is available to organisations in rural and remote areas, the community controlled health sector and aged care sector.
Reverse: A reverse PEPA placement involves a specialist palliative care provider coming to the participants’ workplace to provide an individualised learning experience for a small group of staff over 2 days. This placement model is available to organisations in rural and remote areas, the community controlled health sector and aged care sector.
learning outcomes
- Enhance participants knowledge and skills in the palliative approach to care.
- An increased appreciation of dying and death as a normal part of the life continuum.
- An increased awareness of the scope, and benefits of timely and appropriate access to palliative care services.
- An increased awareness and understanding of culturally appropriate palliative care.
- A clear understanding of the principles of palliative care.
- An ability to identify the needs of individuals with a life-limiting illness and their family including care preferences, spiritual requirements and bereavement expression.
- An ability to identify the role of their discipline in managing issues faced by individuals with a life-limiting illness.
- An ability to identify services and resources to support individuals with a life-limiting illness and their families.
- An ability to recognise their own knowledge base and scope of practice with regard to optimal palliative care provision.
- An ability to identify personal coping strategies to effectively manage the personal issues related to working in this field.
Education intended for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner, Allied Health, Medical Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse.
