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Palliative Care: It's Not Just Hospice Anymore 专项课程
Palliative Care Easing Pain and Suffering. Learn strategies and techniques to assess suffering and support patients living with serious illness
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People living with serious, life-limiting, chronic illness experience significant suffering. Fortunately there are new and developing treatments which may cure some and improve survival for many people living with serious illness. However, seriously ill people and their loved ones still experience many distressing physical symptoms as well as spiritual, social and psychological distress. There is much we can do to support people to live well with serious and life-limiting illness by understanding the causes of suffering, using effective communications, and incorporating careful assessments and interventions designed to address specific needs.
The Palliative Care: It’s not Just Hospice Specialization covers core concepts on the nature of suffering and demonstrates how to evaluate suffering and illustrates this in realistic patient scenarios. In subsequent weeks we learn and practice specific skills to improve communication with patients and families to help them express their experience, express and understand their core goals and values and our own empathic response. You will also learn about specific problems such as physical pain, fatigue and shortness of breath as well as psychological issues such as depression and anxiety. In addition, spiritual and social distress will be discussed with a focus on the practical evaluation and management of these challenges. All of these skills will enable you to support people to live active and full lives despite serious illness.
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Learners will use real-world strategies, tools and techniques to assess sources of suffering and learn communication techniques that support patients living with serious illness. Authentic patient scenarios are used to allow learners to apply new knowledge and practice new skills that they can then apply and integrate into their own clinical settings.
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完成时间大约为7 个月
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英语（English）
字幕：英语（English）, 阿拉伯语（Arabic）
可分享的证书
完成后获得证书
100% 在线课程
立即开始，按照自己的计划学习。
灵活的计划
设置并保持灵活的截止日期。
初级
完成时间大约为7 个月
建议 3 小时/周
英语（English）
字幕：英语（English）, 阿拉伯语（Arabic）
此专项课程包含 5 门课程
What is Palliative Care?
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Palliative care provides invaluable help for patients living with serious or life-limiting illness and their family caregivers. Palliative care should be part of healthcare services to improve quality of life, the ability to tolerate and benefit from treatment and improve survival. In this course, you will learn about the nature of suffering and how this concept can help you understand the experience of people living with serious illness. Next, you will learn skills to more effectively communicate with patients, families and other care providers to both understand their experiences and provide an extra layer of support. In the next module you will explore your own core values and beliefs and how they impact your work with others. Finally, you will learn how to do a whole person assessment to understand the needs of people with serious illness so you can develop a plan to support them.
Pain Management: Easing Pain in Palliative Care
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In this course, you will be able to develop a systems view for assessing and managing pain in the palliative care setting. By the end of the course, you will be able to: 1) Describe the pain problem in the palliative care setting; 2) Assess a person’s pain, 3) Explain the benefits of integrative therapies and pharmacologic strategies to manage pain.
Easing Physical Symptoms: It's Not Just Hospice Anymore
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Palliative care provides important support for people living with serious or life-limiting illnesses and their family caregivers. In this course, you will learn to use symptom assessment tools to better understand which symptoms are present and which are most distressing. In subsequent weeks you will learn about some of the most common and distressing symptoms such as anorexia (loss of appetite), dyspnea (shortness of breath), fatigue (weakness), delirium(confusion) and constipation and nausea/vomiting. For each of these symptoms, you will learn about the underlying cause and potential ways to support people and their families to manage the symptoms with simple practical and non-medical approaches as well as a review of medications as appropriate. In addition, you will learn to help people with their emotional response to symptoms and loss of function.
Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Palliative Care
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In this course, you’ll learn how serious and life-threatening illnesses often affect emotional and spiritual well-being. Illnesses can increase stress as patients and families learn to live with a “new normal” that may often focus on illness. You’ll learn how to tell when normal sadness (or grief) becomes something more serious and needs to be addressed. People with serious illnesses also have social concerns as their family, friends and community support system becomes stretched, and sometimes fails. We’ll talk about resources and skills you can use to help support patients and families. You’ll learn about advance care planning, that includes shared decision-making, setting goals of care, and writing down plans for care.
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此课程完全在线学习，无需到教室现场上课。您可以通过网络或移动设备随时随地访问课程视频、阅读材料和作业。
What types of courses are in the Coursera Palliative Care Specialization: Palliative Care: It’s not Just Hospice Anymore?
There are five courses. The first course introduces you to the basic palliative care principles, helps you understand suffering and to improve your communication skills with patients and families.
Then you can take each of three courses that focus on Easing Pain, Easing Physical Symptoms and Easing Psychological, Spiritual, and Social Distress.
The fifth course is a series of Capstone Projects that allow you to practice what you have been learning in the other four courses.In order to earn the Coursera Palliative Care Specialization Certificate in Palliative Care you will need to complete these projects.
I am a patient or I am a family member caring for someone living with serious illness. Should I take this course?
Yes! This course could help you come up with better plans and ways to live well with serious or life-limiting illness. Also, this course can help you look for new sources of support and give you the language you need to help your healthcare team understand you and how you are feeling. This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to and ask for the kinds of support and services that you need.
Can I just enroll in a single course? I am not interested in the entire Specialization?
Absolutely. You can take any of the courses that you are interested in. You can take these courses in the order that best meets your needs. We do recommend that you consider taking the Introduction to Palliative Care Course first since the communication skills training will help you be successful in the rest of the course.
How long does it take to complete the Specialization?
You may work at your own speed but each course has four-five modules and each module takes about 3 hours to complete. If you take one module a week you can do most courses in a month and complete all five courses in four to five months.
完成专项课程需要多长时间？
In this Capstone Project Course you will complete five real world projects that will help you use the knowledge and skills you have been working on in this specialization. Each capstone project will take about an hour. The projects include using the “Nature of Suffering Evaluation Form” to talk with someone you know about their experiences with serious illness. Another involves completing a pain and non-pain symptom assessment and another project requires counseling someone about Advance Care Planning options. All of the tools you need for success are provided in the course. You should consider completing the Capstone Projects associated with the course you are working on while things are fresh. For example you could do the Pain Assessment Capstone project as soon as you compete the Easing Pain course. This is just a suggestion, as you can also work on the capstone projects after you complete the first four courses.
Will I earn university credit for completing the Specialization?
No, but if you want to learn more about Palliative Care and become Palliative Care Community Specialist visit www.ucdenver.edu/MSPC.
Here you can learn about the Interprofessional Palliative Care Certificate and Master of Science in Palliative Care Programs. These are mostly on-line programs with three long weekend on-campus intensives that concentrate on Communications Skills. Prospective students can demonstrate their interest and skill by successfully completing the Coursera Specialization and this will be a consideration during the application process.
完成专项课程后我会获得大学学分吗？
Absolutely. We have worked to make this Coursera Specialization culturally aware. You can learn basic palliative care skills that can be used in settings around the world. We look forward to learning from you how we can make this program better.
The Palliative Care programs at the University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus described in the previous FAQ above are open to International Students.
What background knowledge is necessary?
This is basic or primary palliative care. No special training or background knowledge is needed. Join with us now.
How often is each course in the Specialization offered?
You can start anytime. If you need to take a break you can always come back and finish.
此专项课程中每门课程的开课频率为多久？
Yes! We have arranged for continuing nursing education (CNE) credit to be available for the first four courses. The University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus is the CNE provider.
The University of Colorado College of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Criteria for successful completion: Completion of a course along with quiz and evaluation as required.
Conflicts of interest: This educational activity does not include any content that relates to the products and/or services of a commercial interest that would create a conflict of interest.
Commercial support: There is no commercial support being received for this event.
Origination date: October 1, 2018.
Expiration date: Updates and/or revisions will be completed every two years and as needed.
How many CNE hours can I earn?
The following number of CNE Contact Hours are based on courses completed:
Course 1 - What is Palliative Care?: Introduction, Communications. Approved for 18 CNE contact hours.
Course 2 - Pain Management: Easing Pain in Palliative Care. Approved for 15 CNE contact hours.
Course 3 - Easing Physical Symptoms: It’s Not Just Hospice Anymore. Approved for 15 CNE contact hours.
Course 4 - Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Palliative Care. Approved for 15 CNE contact hours.
Completing all four courses Palliative Care: It’s Not Just Hospice Anymore make you eligible to receive a total of 63 contact hours.
After you successfully complete the courses, register and submit your Coursera Certificates and $15 to https://cucon.regfox.com/pcmooc You will be awarded the CNE. Note: You may submit all of your certificates for each course at the same time and the fee is only $15. If you submit each certificate separately as you complete them there is a $15 charge each time. We know that other providers such as Physician Assistants (PAs), pharmacists, social workers, spiritual care providers, and others may want CE. Often these CNE can be used for a portion of your required continuing education credits. Check with your appropriate professional certifying organization.
What will I be able to do upon completing the Specialization?
You will be able to integrate primary palliative care skills and practice into your work as a healthcare provider. For instance, nurses and physicians and others, would be able to use what they learned to help ease pain and other physical symptoms. Also you should talk with your employer about your studies and share with them in your success. Most healthcare systems don’t have enough trained palliative care providers. You can be a resource to your patients, colleagues, healthcare system and community. Thank you for considering palliative care.
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