Symptom Management within Palliative and End of Life Care

Critically evaluate the complexities of individualised symptom management within supportive, palliative and/or end of life care, incorporating evidence-based practice and critical discussion of the ethical considerations involved.
Critically analyse the practical and professional issues relating to the multi-professional/integrated approach to holistic symptom management within palliative/end of life care, and evaluate the potential for practice development in your clinical area.

All health, social, allied health, pastoral and supportive staff, working within palliative care, or professional development toward a palliative care context. The module is aimed at providing inter-professional learning within the specialist area of palliative and end of life care, focusing on quality of life.

2:1 first degree or above, or equivalent providing the student with the academic and/or clinical competencies to work at the appropriate academic level
Evidence of support from employer
A background of working within palliative care or of aiming to be moving within/ developing palliative care in the workplace setting is required
Students must have a minimum overall International English Language Testing score (IELTS) of 7 or above.

What you can use this credit for next
This is an optional module working towards PG Certificate Palliative Care, it also can be taken as a stand-alone CPD module, or as part of the wider MSc Advanced Practice or MSc Health & Social Care, depending upon academic counselling

Benefit to the employee
Advancing practice within holistic symptom management and multi-agency team working within palliative care.

Benefit to the employer
Critical ability to evaluate the complexities of symptom management in palliative care within practice.