Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Managing Uncertainty in Perinatal Medicine and Palliative Care
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This online course explored perinatal palliative care where the outlook is uncertain, examining communication strategies, advanced care plans, multidisciplinary approaches, and compassionate end-of-life support for families.
4 weeks, 1 hour per week
Professor Nicholas Embleton
Professor of Neonatal Medicine and Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of the experiences of parents with a baby who has an uncertain future and may have a short life before or after birth.
- Reflect on and listen to parents' experiences of perinatal palliative care.
- Assess existing resources, including the British Association for Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) framework, as well as other guidelines and learning materials for perinatal palliative care, complex decision-making, parallel planning and end-of-life care.
- Explore the challenges faced by parents and healthcare professionals when reaching a consensus on the optimal care pathways for babies who have an uncertain future.
- Identify how experienced healthcare professionals approach complex cases, including how they communicate with parents and the wider family.
Syllabus
- Background to complex foetal and neonatal conditions where the outlook is uncertain, including congenital anomalies, as well as complications of pregnancy and delivery, and extreme prematurity.
- Listening to parents who have a foetus or baby with an uncertain future or where the baby died.
- Challenges of communication, both verbal and written, faced by healthcare professionals where the medical outcome for the baby is uncertain.
- Good practice for healthcare professionals in communication and support with parents, and the challenges and opportunities presented when working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ethical challenges, parallel planning, memory making, advanced care plans, end-of-life care, hospice care, transition to paediatric services.
Issued on 14th September 2025
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