Communication Management in Palliative Care

4 ECTS / Annual / Portuguese

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