Who is it for?

LEAP Lung is ideal for any health care professional, such as a physician, respiratory therapist, nurse, pharmacist, social worker, and more, who provides care to patients with advanced lung diseases.

This course promotes teamwork, supports interprofessional collaboration, and fosters connections among health care providers across respirology care settings (e.g., physicians, respiratory therapists, nurses, social workers) who work together to support patients with advanced lung diseases.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of LEAP Lung, learners should be able to: 

Define palliative care and identify patients who will benefit from it.
Recognize and reflect on personal biases and misunderstandings towards palliative and end-of-life care.
Provide person-centered, compassionate care.
Conduct Advance Care Planning (ACP) and goals of care discussions.
Apply ethical decision-making.
Identify and assess patient-specific symptoms and needs while using a palliative care approach.
Identify and address psychological distress, social needs, and spiritual needs.
Ensure smooth transitions of care between different care settings.
Manage care for patients in their last days and hours.
Address requests to hasten death and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID).
Engage in and undertake essential conversations.

Course features

Collaborate and learn from interprofessional experts in the field and in an interprofessional setting.

Choose from multiple delivery models to suit your learning preferences.

Developed and reviewed by Canadian palliative care experts.

Learn through case studies that reflect real-world scenarios in respirologyc care.

Earn a nationally recognized LEAP certificate of completion

Receive an electronic copy of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook.

Collaborate and learn from interprofessional experts in the field and in an interprofessional setting.

Choose from multiple delivery models to suit your learning preferences.

Developed and reviewed by Canadian palliative care experts.

Learn how to provide a palliative approach to care for patients with advanced lung diseases while working through case studies that reflect real-world scenarios in respirology.

Earn a nationally recognized LEAP certificate of completion

Receive an electronic copy of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook.

Self-paced learning: Complete 17 interactive, self-learning modules at your own pace (approximately 8 hours of work).
Workshop: Participate in 6 hours of live webinars led by LEAP facilitators where learners will work through cases and discuss learnings from modules.

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Pricing for online delivery

$425 for physicians
$295 for non-physicians
$175 for personal care aides

Non-physicians refers to nurses, pharmacists, social workers, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, students, residents, etc.

Personal care aides refers to personal support workers, health care aides, health care assistants, care aides, etc.

Self-paced learning: Complete 17 interactive, self-learning modules at your own pace (approximately 8 hours of work).
Workshop: Participate in 6 hours of in-person, face-to-face learning with LEAP facilitators where learners will work through cases and discuss learnings from modules.

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Pricing for hybrid delivery

$365 for physicians
$235 for non-physicians
$115 for personal care aides

Non-physicians refers to nurses, pharmacists, social workers, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, students, residents, etc.

Personal care aides refers to personal support workers, health care aides, health care assistants, care aides, etc.

Accreditation

This 2 credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 28.0 Mainpro+ credits.

Up to

28

Mainpro+ credits

Course topics

LEAP Lung ensures comprehensive training in palliative care for health care professionals who care for patients with advanced lung disease by focusing on the following topics:

Being aware

Pain

Delirium

Grief

Palliative sedation

Principles of palliative care

Gastrointestinal symptoms, hydration and nutrition

Respiratory symptoms

Last days and hours

Resources and quality improvement

Decision-making

Advance Care Planning

Psychosocial and spiritual care

Request to hasten death

Since completing LEAP Lung, I have advocated for early implementation of palliative care in my severe COPD cases. Earlier implementation of palliative care has been a significant benefit of several of my clients at this point. I have developed better relationships with my palliative care team as a result of this and we are working more cohesively for the benefit of our clients.

Jessie C.

Registered Respiratory Therapist

I feel that I provide my clients with a better understanding of their chronic disease(s) since taking LEAP Lung. The conversations are more meaningful, and I am now able to discuss care from the start from with a palliative care lens.

Shannon H.

Nurse (RN)

I appreciated how the facilitator tailored discussions very well in all the case scenarios and let us voice concerns/opinions regarding our specific roles and areas of expertise. We weren't rushed to complete the information and focused on our relevant needs as RRTs.

Registered Respiratory Therapist

LEAP Lung learner

I found the information in LEAP Lung that focused on opioids and managing symptoms, like nausea and vomiting, to be very useful in my practice.

Resident Physician

LEAP Lung learner

Key LEAP features

Pallium’s award-winning suite of LEAP courseware transforms health care practice across all settings of care, through practical, interprofessional and evidence-based palliative care training.

Canada’s leading suite of palliative care courses.

Created and peer-reviewed by Canadian experts.

Earn nationally recognized certification.

Collaborate with interprofessional health care professionals.

Backed by evidence and best practices.

Over 600+ courses are held every year.

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