Table 1 Thematic content and didactic methods of the elearning course Basic Topics in Palliative Care
Module | Contents | Teaching units (TU) | Didactic methods |
|---|---|---|---|
Introduction | Fundamentals of palliative care Communication and psychosocial aspects | 2 TU | Virtual Standardised Patients (VSPs) electures; graphics, Youtube videos Self-reflection exercises |
Module 1: Symptom management: pain, dyspnea | WHO-staging system, opioid rotation, therapy of dyspnea | 1 TU | Virtual Standardised Patients (VSPs) electures |
Module 2: Breaking bad news in palliative care | Communication in palliative care (e.g. SPIKES model) | 1 TU | Learning from models |
Module 3: Nutrition and thirst at the end-of-life | Eating, drinking and oral care | 1 TU | Interprofessional teaching |
Module 4: Gastroenterological symptom management | Nausea, vomiting, constipation, obstruction, diarrhoea | 1 TU | Problem-based learning with case vignettes |
Module 5: Psychiatric symptom management | Anxiety, delirium | 1 TU | Virtual Standardised Patients (VSPs) electures; Interactive case management |
Module 6: Interprofessional Team | Members of the palliative care team | 1 TU | Virtual Standardised Patients (VSPs) Interprofessional Teaching |
Module 7: Clinical ethics | Advance care planning, aspects of euthanasia | 1 TU | Interactive case management |
Module 8: Symptom management: final phase | Dying phases, Liverpool Care Pathway | 1 TU | Virtual Standardised Patients (VSPs) electures |
Total 10 TU |