Topics:
CORE MODULES
- The Role of Palliative Care in Surgery
- Basic Pain and Symptom Management
- Communication with Seriously Ill Patients and their Families/Caregivers
- Ethical Principles in Decision Making for Seriously Ill Surgical Patients
OPTIONAL MODULES
- Anaesthesiology Considerations in Serious Illness
- Palliative Surgery in Gastrointestinal Cancers
- Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia 101
- Overview of Surgery in Head and Neck Cancers
- Grief and Bereavement 101
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the core modules, learners will be able to:
- Understand the integration of palliative care principles and practice in seriously ill surgical patients.
- Explain basic management of pain and common symptoms in care of seriously ill surgical patients.
- Use the Serious Illness Guide to elicit patients’ understanding, values and goals.
- Apply the “best-case and worst-case scenario” communication tool for discussing surgical treatment options
- Apply ethical principles using the Jonsen’s Four-Box Approach to guide complex decision making
Learners will access materials such as videos, animated presentations, readings, assessments on the Learning Management System (LMS) at their own pace and time.
Estimated duration required to complete the Core Modules: 1 hour
Learners have access to the materials for one month upon successful registration.
The online self-paced learning is supplemented by an online forum that will address any questions and comments at the end of the course.
Those who completed SPLICES Online are eligible to sign up for the 0.5 day Face-to-Face SPLICES Workshop in which communication skills and ethical principles in decision making are applied in role play, case studies and panel discussion. More information here.