ST4-8 Teaching Day

ST4–ST8 Trainee Study Day Programme - ‘Palliative Care Readiness’ for New Consultants

Tuesday 23^rd June 2020, virtual teaching via videoconference 

 

12:45 – 13:00     Zoom meeting opens - Anyone can practice logging on/leave their computer to get a coffee

                          Dr Alice Martin, Post CCT Clinical Fellow Paediatric Palliative Care, BRHC (Host)

13:00 – 14:00     When CYP are experiencing increasing ill health

                          Dr Charlotte Mellor, Paediatric Palliative Care Consultant, BRHC

                          Symptom management

                          Advance Care Planning

14:00 – 14:15     Coffee break

14:15 – 15:15     When the communication required challenges us

                         Dr Sadie Thomas-Unsworth, Clinical Psychologist, BRHC

15:15 – 15:30     Coffee break

15:30 – 15:45     Introduction to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW)

                          Dr Emma Heckford, Palliative Care Paediatrician and Medical Director of Charlton Farm (CHSW)

                          What the hospice does, how to access care for patients/referral process

15:45 – 16:45     When CYP are nearing the end of their lives

                         Dr Emma Heckford, Palliative Care Paediatrician and Medical Director of Charlton Farm (CHSW)

                        “How will I know?” (i.e. what does death look like)

                        “What can I do?” (fluids, feeds, conversations, discussing timescales…)

16.45 – 17:00     Summary & Feedback (AM)

17.00                 Finish