Who is it for?
LEAP Emergency Department will be ideal for any health care professional, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and more, working in emergency departments or medical crisis units, whose primary focus of work is not palliative care but who provides care for patients with life-threatening and progressive life-limiting illnesses.
Course features
When LEAP Emergency Department launches, it will offer key features designed to equip health care professionals working in emergency medicine with the essential skills and competencies of the palliative care approach, such as:
Collaborate and learn from interprofessional experts in an interprofessional setting.
Learn from course modules and case studies contextualized to the emergency department setting.
Developed and reviewed by Canadian palliative care experts.
Gain essential skills and competencies in the palliative care approach.
Earn a nationally recognized LEAP certificate of completion
Receive an electronic copy of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook
Course topics
LEAP Emergency Department will provide health care professionals working in emergency medicine with the essential skills and competencies of the palliative care approach, including:
Collaborate and learn from interprofessional experts in the field and in an interprofessional setting.
Choose from multiple delivery models to suit your learning preferences.
Gain expertise in managing symptoms and needs such as pain, psychosocial distress, and the use of medical devices in patients with advanced heart conditions.
Learn to manage palliative care needs specifically for patients with advanced heart diseases while working through case studies that reflect real-world scenarios.
Earn a nationally recognized LEAP certificate of completion
Receive an electronic copy of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook.
Collaborate and learn from interprofessional experts in an interprofessional setting.
Choose from multiple delivery models to suit your learning preferences.
Developed and reviewed by Canadian palliative care experts.
Gain essential skills and competencies in the palliative care approach.
Earn a nationally recognized LEAP certificate of completion
Receive an electronic copy of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook
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.
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