Intended learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students):
- Recognize communication management strategies in particular situations in palliative care.
- Recognize the importance of communication skills in the context of suffering and/or mourning.
- Formulate guidelines for the management of particular situations in communication in palliative care, based on scientific evidence.
- Generate scientific evidence in communication management in particular situations in palliative care.
- Identify strategies for generating scientific evidence in communication management in particular situations in palliative care.
- Mobilize the reflection on the guidelines-based action for the management of particular situations in communication in palliative care, based on scientific evidence.
- Critically review communication management strategies in particular situations in palliative care.
- Synthesize the therapeutic dimensions of communication in palliative care, focusing on the person, family, group and/or community.
Syllabus:
- Difficult communication cases in palliative care
- Prognosis
- Care goals
- Cardiorespiratory resuscitation for inappropriate interventions
- Non-implementation/suspension of clinical interventions
- Advanced care planning
- Communication with the family - Family Conferences
- Mourning
- Hope management
- The concept of hope in palliative care
- Hope promotion and reduction factors in the context of human vulnerability