LEAP In-Depth | Palliative Care Course

Who is it for?

LEAP In-Depth is ideal for any health care professional such as a physician, nurse, pharmacist, social worker, and more, who have already taken foundational training in the palliative care approach and are looking to deepen and expand their knowledge in palliative care.

Prerequisites: Participants must have completed a Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) course (or equivalent) prior to registering for LEAP In-Depth.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of LEAP In-Depth, learners should be able to:

Expand on knowledge and understanding of the foundational concepts of the palliative care approach.
Apply a palliative care approach across diverse clinical situations, addressing pain management, symptom control, ethical dilemmas, and holistic patient needs.
Manage and address unique and complex palliative care situations, in patients with advanced liver, heart, neurological, and kidney diseases.
Facilitate transitions and discussions within long-term care settings, focusing on advance care planning, symptom management, and psychosocial support.
Undertake difficult and sensitive conversations with patients and families about palliative and end-of-life care.
Integrate palliative care principles into the management of advanced diseases, emphasizing early intervention, patient-centered care, and quality of life enhancement.

Course features

Developed in partnership with the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.

Collaborate and learn from interprofessional health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, social workers and more.

Expand your knowledge and comfort in managing more complex palliative care cases.

Learn from an enhanced, case-based learning style

Earn a nationally recognized LEAP certificate of completion.

Receive an electronic copy of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook.

Developed in partnership with the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.

Collaborate and learn from interprofessional health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, social workers and more.

Expand your knowledge and comfort in managing more complex palliative care cases.

Developed and reviewed by Canadian palliative care experts.

Earn a nationally recognized LEAP certificate of completion.

Receive an electronic copy of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook.

Delivery mode

Online

Workshops: Participate in six 4-hour live webinars (24 hours in total), led by experienced palliative care clinicians and educators, featuring case-based group discussions and interactive learning activities.

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Pricing for online delivery

$495 for physicians
$495 for non-physicians
$495 for personal care aides

Non-physicians refers to nurses, pharmacists, social workers, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, students, residents, etc.

Personal care aides refers to personal support workers, health care aides, health care assistants, care aides, etc.

Course topics

LEAP In-Depth explores the management of complex palliative care symptoms across various disease conditions and care settings, including:

Recap of the palliative care approach

In-depth conversations

Advanced neurological diseases

Unique situations

Advanced liver diseases

Advanced kidney diseases

Transitions in long-term care

Advanced heart diseases

Key LEAP features

Pallium’s award-winning suite of LEAP courseware transforms health care practice across all settings of care, through practical, interprofessional and evidence-based palliative care training.

Canada’s leading suite of palliative care courses.

Created and peer-reviewed by Canadian experts.

Earn nationally recognized certification.

Collaborate with interprofessional health care professionals.

Backed by evidence and best practices.

Over 600+ courses are held every year.

I really like when phrases are suggested that we can use to help facilitate transitions. I will use the symptom management suggestions for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). It is a good reminder that for all of the categories of end-stage disease – pain is almost universal. I will remember that, especially with patients who cannot articulate.

Family physician

LEAP In-Depth learner

This course applies directly to my practice. I learned how to have a better palliative approach in patients with end-stage renal disease and debilitating neurological disorders. Overall, this was a great course! I learned a lot.

Health care advocate

LEAP In-Depth learner

Since completing LEAP In-Depth, I have been able to have many conversations to provide health teaching, education and support around medications and medication administration for patients and their families.

Sarah R.

Nurse (RN)

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