Bolton Palliative and End of Life Care
Education
EoLC Workshops for Qualified Health and
Social Care Professionals
This series of eight half day workshops has been
designed to provide a introduction to the
concepts involved in delivering effective
palliative and end of life care. The content is
based a number of core palliative care
competencies identified through a number of
definitive statutory and professional documents.
They can be accessed individually but are
designed to form a structured, coherent course.
The learning outcomes associated with each
workshops are also cross referenced against the
Knowledge and Skills Framework allowing students
to demonstrate personal and professional
development.
- Philosophy of Palliative and End
of Life Care
- This workshop aims
to explore the
underpinning philosophy
of palliative and end of
life care. It examines
social, professional and
historical constructs of
death and dying and
looks at how health and
social care services are
organised to meet the
needs of the dying and
their family. It
concludes by identifying
how the Gold Standards
Framework impacts on the
provision of end of life
care
- Collaborative Working in
Palliative and End of Life Care
- The aim of this
workshop is to examine
the roles of the various
disciplines, agencies
and organisations in end
of life care and how
collaborative working
can enhance the care
given
- Communication Skills
- This workshop
provides the opportunity
to look at the
theoretical
underpinnings of
effective communication
as well as providing the
opportunity to practice
their skills in a safe
and supportive
environment.
- Psychosocial Care
The aim of this workshop is to:
- Explore individual
psychological reactions
to life limiting illness
- Look at the impact
our social network and
culture can have on the
experience of dying
- Explore the
importance of effective
spiritual care for the
dying
- Consider the impact
of loss on the dying
patient and their family
and acknowledge the
process of bereavement
- Examine the impact
on professional carers
of caring for the dying
- Syringe Driver Competence
- This workshops aims
to provide you with the
opportunity to reflect
on your present
knowledge when using the
Graseby Syringe Driver
and facilitate further
learning. At the end of
this session, the
learner should be able
to:
- State the
differences between the
MS16A and MS26 Syringe
Drivers.
- Give a brief account
of the clinical
applications for use of
the Syringe Driver.
- List the equipment
necessary.
- Identify sites that
may be used for infusion
by the Syringe Driver.
- Show how to
calculate doses of
medication for infusion
using the MS26
- List any problems
that may occur when
using the Syringe
Driver.
- Care in the Final Days
- Explore the specific
issues that arise for
patients and carers in
the last days of e
- Discuss the clinical
management of patients
in the last few days of
life
- Clarify the role
that the Liverpool Care
Pathway plays in this
- Symptom Control
- This workshop aims
to provide the
practitioner with
greater knowledge
surrounding the
assessment and
management of common
symptoms associated with
end of life care.
Forming the first part
of a two part series
this session will look
at the assessment and
management of pain,
nausea and vomiting and
breathlessness.
- Symptom Control II
- This workshop aims
to provide the
practitioner with
greater knowledge
surrounding the
assessment and
management of less
easily identified
symptoms associated with
end of life care as well
as conditions which may
be considered as
requiring urgent action.
Forming the second part
of a two part series
this session will look
at the assessment and
management of anxiety,
fatigue, depression as
well as the
identification and
management of
hypercalcaemia, Superior
vena cava obstruction
and spinal cord
compression.
- EoLC Reflective Portfolio
Template
- Dates of next EoLC Workshops for
Qualified Health and Social Care
Professionals
- EoLC for Health and Social Care
Assistants
This series of six half day
workshops are aimed at all heath and
social care assistants who wish to
explore their role in the care of
individuals at the end of life. They
have similar learning objectives to
the workshops aimed at qualified
health and socials care professional
but dated to meet the specific needs
of untrained staff.
- Philosophy of Palliative and End
of Life Care
- Collaborative Working in
Palliative and End of Life Care
- Communication Skills
- Psychosocial Care
- Syringe Driver Awareness
- Physical Care skills
- University of Bolton EoLC Module
- Syringe Driver Training
- Dates of Next Workshops
- Syringe Driver Training Video
- Upcoming Study Days
- Minutes of Palliative Care
Education Strategy Group
