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Palliative Care Not Just Hospice: About this Course

This palliative care course is designed to help you develop essential palliative care skills for immediate integration into your professional practice. This course aims to equip you with basic palliative …

Welcome to Palliative Care

Hello, I’m Amos Bailey, and welcome to this palliative care course covering core concepts and basic communication skills. Over 30 years ago, I began my career as a medical oncologist …

SPIKES

Required Reading: SPIKES stands for: S – Setting P – Perception/Perspective I – Invitation K – Knowledge E – Empathy/Emotion S – Summary/Strategy

NURSE

Readings Nurse Pocket Card NURSE Example   Example Naming “It sounds like you are frustrated” Understanding “This helps me understand what you are thinking” Respecting “I can see you have …

Feeling Heard and Understood

Required Reading Abstract 1 – Gramling, R., Stanek, S., Ladwig, S., Gajary-Coots, E., Cimino, J., Anderson, W., … & Garner, K. K. (2016). Feeling heard and understood: a patient-reported quality …

Introduction to Communications

I’m Amos Bailey, director of the Master’s of Science in Palliative Care and Graduate Interprofessional Palliative Care Certificate programs here at the University of Colorado Anschutz medical campus. In this …

I’m Not Judgmental!

Required Readings: Spiritual values may prompt us to judge end-of-life wishes that differ from our own: adubata, C. (2018). A physician sees end-of-life care through a religious lens. The article …

Putting SNAP into Practice

Required Readings and Videos: 1 – This article is written for physicians, but it provides helpful tips for all palliative care providers. Summary This article highlights six mindfulness techniques that …

Tips for SNAP

After this video, get ready to put SNAP into practice.