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Developing Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care (CANC702)

This module aims to provide opportunity for learners to critically explore and align key principles of palliative and end of life care to the practice context; to identify practice development need and initiate an evidence-based resource that aims to address this gap.

Module delivery 

Part-time delivery, with the module delivered in semester two.

Key dates and application information

  • Apply by: 30th November 2024
  • Module start date: 28th January 2025
  • Module end date: June 2025.

Who is the module for?

The module is designed for practising, registered healthcare professionals. The module is a standalone option and can be used to support continuous professional development.

Module details and indicative content

Leaners will critically appraise key palliative care principles in the context of the wider impacts of living with progressive life-limiting illness in tandem with the necessary professional approaches and requirements to provide palliative care.

You will also be expected to consider and apply evidence-based therapeutic approaches that aim to positively influence quality of life outcomes and well-being, and to contextualise and align relevant ethico-legal considerations to specific clinical palliative or end of life care contexts.

Additionally, you will evaluate how different strategies have influenced palliative and end of life care initiatives and the challenges that still exist in practice.

You will also contextualise their own role and how they are critically aligned to multi-professional team working in co-ordinating effective palliative and end-of-life care delivery.

How you are assessed

There are two summative assessments:

  • A 3,500-word critical review exploring theory versus practice, where learners identify a practice issue/gap and devise a proposal for the development and use of a practice-based resource that aims to address this
  • A 1,500-word critical reflection of their own knowledge, skills and attitudinal approaches acquired and applied in practice.