Welcome to Patch Academy

Training for healthcare providers on palliative care for babies, children and young people.

Interactive

Easily distracted and quickly bored? Our interactive content is designed to keep you interested, engaged and focused on the important stuff.

CPD Accredited

Our courses are accredited with General and/or Ethics Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by CMSA. Certain courses are accredited by SACSSP and by the CPSC.
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Instructor Support

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Our Courses

Free

Introducing Children’s Palliative Care

A comprehensive overview of the key elements of children's palliative care provision.

Free

Supporting Grieving Children in the Time of COVID-19

A course for parents, carers or professionals caring for children grieving due to loss during COVID-19

ZAR350

Communication in Children’s Palliative Care

Improve your communication skills with children, their parents, caregivers and colleagues.

ZAR450

Assessing and Managing Children’s Pain

Learn how to recognise, assess and successfully manage pain in babies, children and young adults.

ZAR250

Teamwork, Managing Conflict and Self-Care

Learn what's needed to work well in a team, manage conflict in difficult situations and to practice self-care.

ZAR350

Cultural Competency and Spiritual Care

Learn to assess and provide appropriate cultural and spiritual care to children with serious illnesses and their families.

ZAR350

Psychosocial Support in Children’s Palliative Care

Assessing, managing and providing psychosocial support to children and families.

ZAR350

Ethics and Decision Making in Children’s Palliative Care

Learn about children's rights, the law and how to ensure ethical decision making in children's palliative care.

ZAR350

Loss, Grief and Bereavement in Children’s Palliative Care

Learn how to assess the needs and provide support to grieving parents, children and family members.

ZAR350

Holistic Assessment and Palliative Care Planning

Learn how to assess holistically and plan ahead for emergency situations and for the terminal phase of a child's illness.

End of Life Care for Children

This course is under construction by the Patch Academy team and will be available soon.

Symptom Management in Children’s Palliative Care

This course is under construction by the Patch Academy team and will be available soon.

Perinatal and Neonatal Palliative Care

This course is under construction by the Patch Academy team and will be available soon.

Reviews from satisfied customers

Well done on this beautiful, interactive course!

“The Communication in Children’s Palliative Care Course was excellent. Well done on a beautiful, interactive course!”
Dr Lyndal Gibbs MD

So much beautifully constructive advice...

“I have done plenty of counselling courses (too many) and this is the one (Loss, Grief & Bereavement in Children’s Palliative Care) that I would recommend as a self healing tool for a grieving parent. It will give you the knowledge to offer holistic support to a grieving friend and I believe it will make you a better parent to your surviving child/children. The course will be emotionally draining at times for a grieving parent with some triggers but there is so much beautifully constructed advise that it is worth the moments of sad.”

Bonita Suckling
Founder of Rainbows and Smiles Foundation

Exceptionally empowering

“The course was wonderful. Exceptionally empowering.”
Melanie de Clercq
Social Worker

It's been very influential

“I really enjoyed the course. I thought it was insightful, compassionate and holistic. I’m so grateful for the knowledge after doing it. It’s been very influential.”
Serini Reddy
Fourth Year Medical Student

By far the easiest to follow online course I took

This is by far the easiest to follow online course I took and it is straightforward to its aims. The information is really clear and practical. This course has kept my attention span uninterrupted for most of the time and if at times I get distracted, it’s easy to go over the lesson again because the tab on the left side is very accessible so it is a good guide to go where you want to return to if you need to. Everything you need to know is all in one screen. Seeing my progress on top motivates me to continue on doing the course. Also, the videos and links embedded here are great resources and they are easy to access. Thank you for this wonderful course! I really recommend it.
Dr Xiohara Gentica MD
The Philippines

Very thorough

“Thanks for an amazing course. Very thorough. I really feel it has and will continue to be a benefit to me as a perinatal bereavement facilitator.”
Lizanne Whiteley
Bereavement Facilitator