GradCert Palliative Care

Program Overview

This interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care empowers healthcare professionals to provide exceptional care to patients with life-limiting illnesses. Through a blended learning approach, the program enhances knowledge and skills in palliative approaches to symptom management, psychosocial and spiritual issues, and collaborative interdisciplinary teamwork. Graduates are well-equipped to advance their careers in advanced practice, leadership, research, and education in palliative care settings.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Graduate Certificate Palliative Care is an interdisciplinary program designed to enhance existing knowledge and skills in caring for patients with life-limiting illnesses.

Objectives:

• Enhance knowledge and skills in caring for patients with life-limiting illnesses.
• Prepare individuals to provide high-quality palliative care.
• Promote competence and confidence in palliative care practice.
• Prepare individuals to enhance the care provided to patients and their families facing physical, psychosocial, and spiritual problems associated with life-limiting illness.
• Develop independent learning skills, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities.
• Critically analyze and apply research findings to advance palliative care practice.
• Utilize technology effectively for personal and professional development.
• Contribute to the collaborative work of the interdisciplinary palliative care team.
• Promote interdisciplinary collaboration to further develop knowledge, skills, and competence in delivering a holistic approach to palliative care.
• Strengthen and advance competence and expertise in palliative care practice through enhanced knowledge, reflection, communication skills, and research-based evidence practice across the lifespan.

Outline:

• Duration: One academic year, broken down into two trimesters.
• Mode of Delivery: Blended Learning Approach, including lectures, workshops, and seminars.
• Modules:
• Autumn Trimester:
• NMHS42370 Pall Care, Phil, Concept (10.00 credits)
• NMHS42540 Palliative Approaches Symp Mgt (10.00 credits)
• Spring Trimester:
• Assessment methods include assignments, multiple-choice questions (MCQ), and case studies.

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods: Blended Learning Approach, including lectures, workshops, and seminars.
• Faculty: A multidisciplinary teaching team with a focus on assisting students in applying theory to practice.

Careers:

• Potential Career Paths:
• Advanced practice in palliative care.
• Leadership roles in palliative care settings.
• Research and education in palliative care.
• Opportunities:
• The program is recognized nationally and is a highly regarded qualification for healthcare professionals caring for patients with life-limiting illnesses.
• Outcomes:
• Graduates will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to provide high-quality palliative care.
• Graduates will be able to contribute to the collaborative work of the interdisciplinary palliative care team.

Other:

• The program is based upon an andragogical approach to learning, considering students as autonomous, self-directed learners.
• Lecturers and preceptors act as facilitators of goal-directed knowledge acquisition.
• Learning is based upon building the competencies necessary within the scope of practice of public health nurses in the Irish environment.
• Students are co-directors of knowledge development, with lifelong learning fundamental to best practice.
• A problem-based approach using reflective practice allows for instruction relevant to individual practice.
• The program employs other educational theories such as the Cognitive Flexibility Theory, which focuses on restructuring knowledge to adapt to multi-dimensional situations.
• Students are encouraged to develop their own representations of information to properly learn.
• Reflective practice is facilitated as a learning tool.
• Theoretical learning takes place in the university and in the education facilities of clinical partners.

GradCert Palliative Care (X733) Part Time EU fee per year - € 5560

nonEU fee per year - € 14550 Fees are subject to change