Education
Palliative care is an essential component of the education and training of all health professionals. There is also a need for specialised palliative care health professionals who have taken advanced training and have the expertise needed to provide specialist palliative care to people with complex needs.
Education and training opportunities
Palliative Care Victoria’s weekly newsflash sent to PCV members includes current education and training opportunities, as well as relevant Victorian, national and international conferences.
Most Victorian universities offer palliative care courses, including at post-graduate level. For further details, visit the CareSearch website.
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CareSearch Website - Education Opportunities
http://www.caresearch.com.au/caresearch/Education/tabid/67/Default.aspxCareSearch has information about a range of educational options relevant to palliative care including: university courses, short courses, conferences and web-based learning.
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Centre for Palliative Care - education and professional development
https://www.centreforpallcare.org/page/98/educationThe Centre is developing future leaders in palliative care and increasing the level of expertise within the general health care system by developing a range of professional development education opportunities to suit both health care services and individual health care professionals.
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Banksia Palliative Care - training courses
https://www.banksiapalliative.com.au/palliative-care-education/Banksia offers a variety of 1 to 6 day courses on palliative care and supporting the bereaved and grieving for health care staff at their Heidelberg location. Onsite training to Aged Care Facilities, Hospitals and Community Health Services on a range of different palliative care topics...
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Eastern Palliative Care - Courses
https://epc.asn.au/services/education-training/Community education is available to any individual, community agency, group or health care facility that is interested in learning more about palliative care and/or a palliative approach. Education is provided by experienced Palliative Care Clinicians and Educators who can provide a range of...
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Palliative Care Online Training
https://www.pallcaretraining.com.au/This free online training is designed for the Australian health context to help health professionals and others providing palliative care to aged persons in the community improve the quality of their practice. This project is funded by the Department of Health. The training is available to...