Study Guide

Objective

Students:

Serve as specialists in their own fields in a multi-professional team according to a proactive treatment plan

Design, implement and assess comprehensive patient-oriented treatment of symptoms in palliative care and end-of-life care based on evidence

Apply evidence-based information concerning the specific characteristics of various illness classes as part of high quality treatment of symptoms

Broadly apply symptom treatment methods having regard to expected lifetime of the patient, and assess their efficacy

Apply their competence in the death process of an end-of-life patient, with consideration for loved ones

Content

Interprofessional collaboration in treatment of symptoms

Proactive plan of symptom treatment

Comprehensive treatment of symptoms:

Symptom assessment and various symptom indicators

Guidance of treatment of symptoms

Pain

Respiratory tract symptoms

Gastrointestinal symptoms

Oral symptoms

Neurological symptoms

Psychological symptoms

Dermatological symptoms

General symptoms

Total pain, comprehensive suffering

Palliative sedation

Emergencies

Special features of treatment of symptoms in cancer, cardiac, bronchial, neurological and memory disorders and special groups

The process of death and post-mortem care

Qualifications

No prerequisites