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NUMS Post-Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care (PG-CPC)  - Course Timeline

Pc 301

Session 2022-23,    2nd Batch

8th dec 2022

Introductory Session with students

Tutorial on Moodle

Dr. Nafisa Tahir

Dr Rimsha Azhar

Aqsa ARSHAD

 

Introduction to the certificate/curriculum/assessment methods

Dr. Nafisa Tahir

Dr ayaz butt

Dr sadaf

 

Course 1: Introduction to Palliative Care

Learning Objectives: At the end of this module, the participants will be able to:

  • Identify the concept of palliative care and its role in management of illness
  • Apply the principles of palliative care to manage pain by pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches
  • Understand the challenges of breaking bad news
  • Recognize factors contributing to the prognosis of various life limiting illnesses, recognize EOL and trajectory events referred to as actively dying or imminent death
  • Define code status and understand principles of DNA CPR
  • Making the decisions about commencing an end of life care plan.

 

Course 1

Course breakdown

Dates

Weeks

Topics

Facilitators

PC-301

 

Introduction to Palliative Care

Palliative Care

  • Range of patients and needs in Palliative Care
    • Settings: home/hospital/home/hospice
    • Pain control

9TH DEC-15 DEC

Week 1

Introduction to Palliative Care, Palliative History and Examination

Humaira Jamal

16TH DEC-22 DEC

Week 2

Communication skills, Breaking Bad news (Part 1 and Part 2)

Shagufta Mirza

Khalique Rehman

23 DEC-29TH DEC

Week 3

Cancer Pain Management

Adnan Kabir

Advanced Pain Management

Mohammad Butt

Palliative Oncology

Mohammad Butt

Experience of the end of life

  • DNA/CPR & ceilings of care.
  • Coping with seeing patients close to the end of life and at death

30th dec-5th jan 2023

Week 4

Care of the dying

Adnan Kabir

Elisabeth Bjorndal

6th jan-12th jan

Week 5

End of Life Care

Mohammad Butt

How Long I have got Doc?

Humaira Jamal