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Palliative Care: Providing Psychosocial and Spiritual Support
University of Colorado
  • Start Date: 17 Jun, 2024
  • 5 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Aid the emotional and spiritual well-being of patients living with serious illnesses through comprehensive palliative care.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Deploy patient-centred care strategies to enhance end-of-life support


Serious and life-threatening illnesses often impact the emotional and spiritual well-being of patients and their support network. Ensuring they have the right resources and care is essential in helping them cope.


Join the University of Colorado on this five-week course to discover ways to address common psycho-social-spiritual concerns in palliative care. You’ll gain insights into easing suffering, managing anxiety, and providing meaningful support for patients and their families facing serious and life-limiting illnesses.


Ease pain and suffering by spotting the signs of psychosocial distress


You’ll start this course by exploring common ways illnesses can affect emotional and spiritual well-being and lead to stress.


Explore coping strategies for seriously ill patients and their support networks suffering from anxiety and depression


Create strategies that ease patient suffering and help manage anxiety, death anxiety, grief, depression, and spiritual distress. You’ll also learn how to plan for and administer end-of-life care.


Advocate for advanced care planning


By the end of this course, you’ll learn how to plan your healthcare future. Attain the skills to set goals, decide treatment plans, select a power of attorney, and speak with loved ones.


Learn more about palliative care from the University of Colorado


Throughout this course, you’ll be guided by the University of Colorado’s team of experts, many of whom are qualified healthcare professionals specialising in palliative care.


If you’re interested in delving further into palliative care, the University of Colorado offers several other courses on pain management, whole-person assessment, and easing psycho-social-spiritual distress. Find them[here] (https://www.futurelearn.com/partners/university-of-colorado-system).


This course is designed for healthcare providers working with seriously ill patients and their families, including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and allied health professionals.


It’ll also be helpful for family and community members of the seriously ill.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

University of Colorado

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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