Study Guide

Objective

The student can:
- use main concepts of palliative care logically, and understand ethical and legislative premises and their significance in patient care
- work as a member of a multi-professional group in palliative care operational environment and service chain, and develop their activity as a palliative care specialist in the region
- describe the care outlines and the significance of end-of-life nursing plan, and guide the patient and his/her relatives accordingly
- implement patient- and family-oriented case management
- analyze expertise of palliative care and evaluate his/her own competence and competence development needs

Content

Concepts and expertise in palliative care
Recommendations and legislation in palliative care
Ethical premises in palliative care, the concept of euthanasia
The service system and operational environment in palliative care
Provision of palliative care regionally, nationally and globally
Case management for the patient and his/her close ones
Patient- and family-oriented counseling processes and their development
Palliative care expertise in outlining care, anticipatory nursing plans and consideration of patient's living will

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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Assessment criteria, good (3)

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Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

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Assessment criteria, approved/failed

A preliminary assignment on key terms and provision of palliative care (Pass/ Fail)
Competence assessment and development plan (Pass/ Fail)
National final exam (Pass/ Fail)

The student's expertise is demonstrated in accordance with the learning goals' criteria. Competence is assessed on the basis of constructive evaluation. The student, a peer student and the supervising teacher carry out a discussion about the student's competence and its development in respect to the learning goals.
Special palliative care competence needed in working life, in other words the ability to build together knowledge, skills, experience, values and social networks, will be assessed. General assessment criteria for demonstration of competencies based on NQF/ EQF-level 6 will be used in assessment. In addition, detailed criteria based on competence description will be used.

Qualifications

In case the student has previously acquired elsewhere competencies required in this specialization education, he/ she can demonstrate prior competencies and concentrate then his/her learning on areas of expertise where he/she does not have yet enough competence.
Prior competencies are individually assessed and recognized according to the University of Applied Sciences Degree Regulations, and in accordance with the learning goals mentioned in the specialization education.
Regulations regarding Recognition of Prior Competencies (RC) have been agreed on in a national network and each University of Applied Sciences has the autonomy to deal with RC-applications according to the Degree Programme concerned.

Further information

Contact teaching, online learning
*Preliminary assignment prior to contact lessons