Palliative care for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

This workshop provides dedicated training for all members of the healthcare team in relation to caring for people from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background, who are affected by life-limiting illness.

The focus of this education is to enhance the capacity of the healthcare workforce to provide quality, holistic and culturally-responsive palliative care for people from CALD backgrounds.

Following the completion of the workshop, all participants should have:

1. Enhanced understanding of key concepts relating to palliative care and cultural-responsiveness
2. Increased awareness of cultural and linguistic diversity in the Australian healthcare context
3. Enhanced capacity to engage in self-reflection to develop cultural competence
4. Improved capacity in caring for, and communicating with CALD peoples affected by life-limiting illness
5. Increased awareness of and ability to embed culturally-responsive practice in palliative care settings.

Facilitator:

Kerrie Cunningham has been working in palliative care and providing education for over 15 years, across a variety of settings, including rural remote Australia and metropolitan Melbourne. Kerrie is dedicated to helping enhance and enrich health professionals understanding of palliative care, which in turn leads to improved patient and family outcomes.

Please direct any enquiries to PEPA Administration: pepa@svha.org.au