APPS (Advance Palliative Practice Skills)

• Peer reviewed, evidence-informed and up to date course content
• Facilitation and mentorship by experienced local palliative care nurse consultants
• Successful completion of APPS prepares learners to meet the palliative care competencies for PSWs as outlined in the Ontario Palliative Care Competency Framework and Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Competency Framework

Duration: 8 weeks

• You will have 8 weeks to complete the course. To receive your APPS certificate, you must:
  • Complete all the online learning modules for the course (readings, interactive activities, case studies, self-checks and reflection) and achieve 100% on each module quiz (approx. 18 hours)
  • Attend the scheduled Culminating Session (2.5 hours)
• Curriculum Topics include:
  • Roles in caregiving, therapeutic communication, self-care, considering advance care planning, ethics, grief and loss, tools for symptom management, tools for symptom management with a focus on pain, psychological and spiritual issues, skin care, the dying process, after death care, and bereavement
  • Cumulating Session will provide case-based learning opportunities for applying knowledge and skills to practice

• Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care

• Personal Support Workers (PSWs)
• Health Care Aides

Cost: $40.00

Technology Requirements: Access to the internet to complete the online learning modules.

Full Participation is mandatory to receive a certificate.

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