Learn best practices in how to manage common symptoms in terminally ill patients.
The Division of Palliative Care within the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University develops, promotes, enhances and delivers exemplary interprofessional undergraduate, post-graduate, fellowship and faculty development academic initiatives in the health care field of Palliative Care. Their vision is to become the academic Centre of Excellence for Interprofessional Palliative Care.
This e-learning activity is a form of self-study using enduring materials (e-learning modules) as defined by the Maintenance of Proficiency (Mainpro+®) Program of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). Self-study using e-learning modules is included under the Non-Certified Self-Learning credit category. Any non-certified activity is generally eligible for one non-certified credit per hour.
This e-learning activity is a form of self-study using enduring materials (e-learning modules) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Self-study using e-learning modules is included as an example of a Section 2 activity. Reviewing enduring materials is generally valued at 0.5 credit per topic. However, additional research/self-study using the e-learning can also be submitted as Personal Learning Projects (PLPs) where you will earn two (2) credits per hour.
We estimate that this activity should take 1 hour.
The Division of Palliative Care’s digital version of the Pain and Symptom management book is now available at the PalliativeEZguide website for an annual fee of $5.