PEPA Community Outreach Workshop/ Bathurst Island

The Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA)The Community Outreach Program is an introduction to the Palliative Approach for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Care Providers, community professionals and community members.

Topics Include:

• Palliative approach to care
• Pain and Syptom Management
• Care planning/Advance Care Planning
• Cultural Considerations
• End of life care
  
  

(Lunch and Afternoon tea Provided)

Further information:

An email confirming registration to attend will be sent from PEPA to participants.

For further information contact:

Jonathan Jauncey PEPA NT Manager

jonathan.jauncey@nt.gov.au

Lorenz Pilkington

Senior Aboriginal Health Education Officer

lorenz.pilkington@nt.gov.au

08 89228929

The Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) Northern Territory

The Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) forms part of the Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative. As a national palliative care project, this Collaborative takes a strategic approach to education and training of the health workforce and delivers programs for priority health care provider groups across primary, secondary and tertiary settings.

Specifically, PEPA offers funded learning opportunities for health care providers with a pathway to develop and enhance skills, knowledge and confidence in the palliative approach. This experiential pathway provides a range of learning activities that include workshops and workforce placements with a specialist palliative care service.

PEPA Workshops:

The Palliative Approach to Care Workshop

Holistic focus with clinical aspects, is available to single or multi-discipline audiences

Aged Care Workshops

Develop knowledge and skills in the palliative approach for the aged care workforce

Community Outreach Program

Introduction to the palliative approach, delivered in community venues to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care providers, community professionals and community members. This program is flexible and can be customised to local needs.

Culture and Diversity in Palliative Care Workshops

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives OR Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Community Perspectives