High-quality palliative care training
This multidisciplinary e-learning resource covers the knowledge and skills needed to deliver the highest quality care to people nearing the end of their lives. It is suitable for nurses, doctors, allied care professionals, care home workers and care agency staff.
Comprehensive care training online
The learning content covers a wide range of topics, include advance care planning, social care and symptom management. It also covers softer skills, such as communication, that are vital in caring for patients and their families. This end of life care course is highly interactive, with videos, self-assessment questions and case studies to help you reflect on the difficult issues and put learning in a practical context.
Test your knowledge with interactive exercises
You can test how you would respond in certain scenarios, such as dealing with a patient's concerns about their condition. There is a strong focus on understanding the psychological and spiritual aspects of terminal illness.
The content has been written by a multidisciplinary team of experts in conjunction with the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland. So, it meets the highest professional standards.
Easy online access
You can access e-ELCA via the Internet so you can study at your own pace in the workplace, at home or even on the move.
Watch the short course film
Course content
e-ELCA features 150 highly interactive sessions that are arranged into eight modules.
Module 1 – Advance Care Planning
- Principles
- Context
- Process
- Developing practice
Module 2 – Assessment
- Principles
- Domains
- Context
- Process
Module 3 – Communication Skills
- Principles
- Basic skills
- Modes of communication
- Specific contexts
- Challenging scenarios
Module 4 – Symptom Management
- Principles
- Pain
- Breathlessness
- Nausea, vomiting and constipation
- Emergencies
- Last days of life
- General issues
- Mood
- Advanced illness
Module 5 – Integrated Learning
- Initiating conversations about end of life care
- Condition-specific case studies
- Critical situations
- Scenarios around dying
- Care after death
- Frameworks and tools
Module 6 – Social Care
- Supporting people to live and die well
- Palliative care social work
- Assessment in end of life care
- Support and care planning at end of life
- Hospital social work
- End of life care in care homes and domiciliary care settings
Module 7 – Bereavement
- Talking about death and dying
- Assessment of carers’ needs
- Practical support after a bereavement
- Sudden death and bereavement
- Emotional support and signposting
- Children and bereavement
Module 8 – Spirituality
- Spirituality and the philosophy of end of life care
- Understanding and assessing spiritual need and spiritual distress
- Spiritual care and models of spiritual intervention
- Spiritual resources and quality of life
- Spirituality and the multidisciplinary team
- Spirituality in the community
For a full list of all the modules and sessions for our programmes, please go to: http://portal.eintegrity.org/catalogue
Free trial sessions
Below you can complete sample e-learning sessions for free. See how the e-learning works and how the interactive features enhance knowledge and understanding.
Just click on the play button to view each session.
Introduction to e-learning for End of Life Care
This session is your guide on how to use this e-learning programme for End of Life Care (e-ELCA). It also explains why it was developed and how it can be used to support learning.
Relationship Between Palliative Care and End of Life Care
This session will describe what is meant by the terms palliative care and end of life care, and what they have in common. Two case studies will be used to explain their relevance to patients with advanced progressive illnesses, and their families. The session will provide an overview of key components of palliative care and end of life care.
Recognising the Last Months and Days of Life and Verifying Death
This session offers a framework for recognising patients who are at risk of deterioration and who may die soon (last months of life) and also recognising when death is imminent (last days). The priorities for care of the dying person are discussed and the communication with patients and families needed at these times is explored. This session was reviewed by Christina Faull and Jane Wale and last updated in April 2015.
Testimonials
We have used e-ELCA as part of a number of methods to underpin and reinforce learning delivered in the classroom. We found the activities helpful in testing the knowledge gained through face-to-face learning.
This is a gold mine of resources.
National Consortium of Palliative Care Educators
Certificates
On completion, you can download and print off a certificate that is endorsed by the relevant professional body.
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| Access to the full programme | Cost |
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| Single-user access for 12 months |
£100* |
*excluding VAT where applicable
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