Pop Up PEPA: Communication and Loss & Grief

Two-part workshop exploring compassionate communication and loss and grief in palliative care.

Time: Communication: 9.00am – 12.30pm | Loss and Grief: 1.00pm – 4.30pm

Exploring Compassionate Communication in Palliative Care

Acquire knowledge, skills and confidence in having meaningful but often difficult conversations about terminal illness, palliative care and grief with people living with a life-limiting illness, and their families.

Topics include:

• Brief overview of the palliative approach to care
• Introduction to compassionate communication skills
• Case-based experiential learning (facilitated communication skills practice)

Exploring Loss and Grief in Palliative Care

Acquire knowledge, skills and confidence in understanding loss and grief, including the role of health care providers in supporting grieving individuals and families both before and after death.

Topics include:

• Introduction to loss and grief and the impact on patients and families
• Overview of differing ideas and models of grief
• Introduction to supporting grieving individuals within the palliative care context

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