Palliative Care Always is a specialization for health care practitioners, patients and caregivers. We’ve designed this specialization to demonstrate how palliative medicine integrates with patient care, and to help you develop primary palliative care skills. Over the next five courses, you will develop skills in symptom management, goals of care and effective communication to improve the quality of life for patients and families suffering with serious illness. Our hope is that you feel increasingly equipped to support the diverse needs of your patients and your own needs.
Accreditation
Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. View the full CME accreditation information on the individual course FAQ page.
Overview
Syllabus
Course 1: Essentials of Palliative Care
- Offered by Stanford University. This course starts you on your journey of integrating primary palliative care into your daily lives. You ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: Symptom Management in Palliative Care
- Offered by Stanford University. This course should be taken after the Essentials of Palliative Care course and continues building your ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Transitions in Care from Survivorship to Hospice
- Offered by Stanford University. This course should be taken after the Symptom Management course and continues building your primary ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: Supporting Families and Caregivers
- Offered by Stanford University. This course takes a deep dive into the challenges families and friends of a patient with serious illness ... Enroll for free.
Course 5: Palliative Care Always Capstone Course
- Offered by Stanford University. The Palliative Care Always Capstone course is designed to let you test your knowledge about palliative and ... Enroll for free.
- Offered by Stanford University. This course starts you on your journey of integrating primary palliative care into your daily lives. You ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: Symptom Management in Palliative Care
- Offered by Stanford University. This course should be taken after the Essentials of Palliative Care course and continues building your ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Transitions in Care from Survivorship to Hospice
- Offered by Stanford University. This course should be taken after the Symptom Management course and continues building your primary ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: Supporting Families and Caregivers
- Offered by Stanford University. This course takes a deep dive into the challenges families and friends of a patient with serious illness ... Enroll for free.
Course 5: Palliative Care Always Capstone Course
- Offered by Stanford University. The Palliative Care Always Capstone course is designed to let you test your knowledge about palliative and ... Enroll for free.
Courses
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The Palliative Care Always Capstone course is designed to let you test your knowledge about palliative and help others understand the value of palliative care, while showing your creative side. In this course, you will impact community awareness about palliative care, promote self-care and wellness, show-off your communication skills in a virtual environment, and finish the course off by proving your thoughts on ways to offer psychosocial support to a patient and family.
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This course should be taken after the Essentials of Palliative Care course and continues building your primary palliative care skills – communication, psychosocial support and goals of care. You will learn how to screen, assess, and manage both physical and psychological symptoms. You will explore common symptoms such as pain, nausea, fatigue, and distress and learn specific treatments. You will continue to follow Sarah and Tim’s experience and learn cultural competencies critical for optimal symptom management. Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Visit the FAQs below for important information regarding 1) Date of original release and Termination or expiration date; 2) Accreditation and Credit Designation statements; 3) Disclosure of financial relationships for every person in control of activity content.
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This course takes a deep dive into the challenges families and friends of a patient with serious illness face and how you can care for and support them as a provider, social worker or family friend. Supporting Families and Caregivers especially focuses on the children of a patient with serious illness and their caregiver, and teaches you the best way to empower them to get the support they need. By the end of this course, you will be able to provide critical avenues of support for the people who are instrumental to your patients care, wellbeing and quality of life. Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Visit the FAQs below for important information regarding 1) Date of original release and Termination or expiration date; 2) Accreditation and Credit Designation statements; 3) Disclosure of financial relationships for every person in control of activity content.
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This course should be taken after the Symptom Management course and continues building your primary palliative care skills – communication, psychosocial support, goals of care, and symptom management. You will explore transitions in care such as survivorship and hospice. You will learn how to create a survivorship care plan and how to best support a patient. The course also covers spiritual care and will teach you how to screen for spiritual distress. Finally, you will learn the requirements for hospice care and practice discussions difficult conversations related to end-of-life care. Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Visit the FAQs below for important information regarding 1) Date of original release and Termination or expiration date; 2) Accreditation and Credit Designation statements; 3) Disclosure of financial relationships for every person in control of activity content.
Taught by
Joshua C. Fronk, Kavitha Ramchandran and Manuela Kogon
