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ZAR 3,000.00
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CPD Points
The course has been allocated a total of 30 CPD points (25 General & 5 Ethics) by the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) for all healthcare providers registered with HPCSA.
What is the Comprehensive Perinatal Palliative Care course about?
This comprehensive course is relevant for doctors, OBGYNs, midwives, nurses, sonographers, genetic counsellors, therapists, and anyone caring for pregnant mothers and their newborn infants. Offering a guided virtual learning experience through:
- Interactive online modules
- Webinars, online meetings, and forum discussions
- Completion of a marked assignment
- Copy of our book on Perinatal Palliative Care
- Certificate of completion
Course content will encompass:
- Key principles of paediatric, perinatal, and neonatal palliative care
- Compassionate communication and holding difficult conversations
- Ethics & shared decision making
- Psychosocial and spiritual care for families and babies before birth, at the time of birth, and after birth
- Physical care of the mother and baby at the time of birth
- Pain and symptom management for the newborn baby
- Memory & legacy making
- Bereavement support for families after the death of a baby
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Welcome and course overview
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Understanding palliative care
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Setting the scene: Michael and Zanele case scenario
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Introduction to perinatal palliative care
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Effective communication in perinatal palliative care
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Interdisciplinary collaboration in perinatal palliative care
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Navigating the ethical and legal responsibilities underpinning perinatal palliative care
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Intergrating a palliative care framework into perinatal and neonatal care
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Care and support during pregnancy
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Care and support during labour and immediately after delivery
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Care and support during the post-natal period
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Care and Support of the Baby at End of Life and After Death
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Key considerations in perinatal palliative care
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What have you learned?
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