FELLOWSHIP IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
Explore the Fellowship in Palliative Medicine with our practical-based Postgraduate Diploma Program. Designed for medical professionals seeking expertise in diagnostics, this course provides clinical training and expert guidance, ensuring excellence in palliative care.
Batch starts on
Jan to Dec/ May to June
Course Duration
12 Months
Multimodal Program
Hybrid Mode & Clinical Attachment
Flexible payment
financing options available
Program overview
MGA Medical Global Academy’s Fellowship in Palliative Medicine is a practical-based postgraduate education course for medical practitioners who are interested in building their skills in supportive and end of life care for patients with serious and complex illness. The emphasis of the program is on symptom management, compassionate communication, the multidisciplinary approach and on the patient’s involvement in decisions. The participant learns about the different aspects of pain management, psychosocial support, palliative care of children and elderly, palliative care in non-cancer situations, supportive care of any type of cancer, palliative care in the respiratory system, palliative care in mental health, and advanced symptom control techniques. Another focus of fellowship is the importance of ethical practice, family support, models of care at home, research and holistic approaches to palliative medicine.
Skills You Will Gain
Good knowledge of the principles of palliative medicine, integrated care and multi-disciplinary supportive care
Knowledge of pain management with pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods, such as opioids, adjuvants and advanced pain interventions.
Knowledge of and experience with symptom management including dyspnea, nausea/vomiting, constipation, fatigue, delirium, anorexia, cachexia, and neurogenic pain.
Understanding of communication skills such as breaking bad news, advance care planning, family meetings and culturally sensitive end of life conversations.
Pediatric palliative care training including symptom management, bereavement support and family-centred decision making.
Awareness of psychological, social, spiritual and emotional support to patients and carers
Understanding of ethical and legal issues related to end-of-life care, such as DNR, palliative sedation, organ donation and patient autonomy
In-patient and out-patient, and home-based palliative care models, skills in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.
Exposure to palliative care management in cancer, COPD, heart failure, renal failure, neurological disorders, HIV/AIDS and chronic life limiting illnesses.
Familiarity with geriatric palliative care, related concepts of frailty, dementia, delirium, multimorbidity and polypharmacy management.
Awareness of paediatric pain management, palliative care of the respiratory system, psychiatric support and end-of-life management in dementia.
Development of clinical research, evidence-based practice, communication, leadership, and compassionate caregiving skills
Career Outcomes After the Fellowship
Develop knowledge of symptom management, end of life care, and inter-professional care of patients
Improve clinical skills in the management of complex chronic diseases and advanced stage disease
Provide compassionate and patient care that helps to enhance patients’ quality of life
Discuss opportunities in Oncology Palliative Care, Geriatric, Respiratory Supportive Care, and Chronic Disease Management
Engage in palliative care research and academic teaching, care policy creation, and quality improvement initiatives
Collaborate with other team members in healthcare disciplines such as physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation specialists, etc.
Keep abreast of pain management, telemedicine, minimally invasive symptom control and supportive care technologies.
Promote the development of professionals in the growing palliative and end-of-life care field
What you'll learn
Principles of Palliative Care
Ethical issues
Common symptoms and disorders
Gastrointestinal symptoms
Cancer associated disordersTreatment of Regional Pain Syndromes
Pain Palliative Care
Key Features
- Attending /Non-Attending Classes
- Clinical Training in Nearest Hospital/Clinics.
- Free Study Material with recorded lectures
- Best Faculties (Super Specialists) of India
5. Library Access & Question & Answer Session
6. NAAC A+ University
7. 1 Year of Mentorship
8. Updated Curriculum
Course Curriculum
- Introduction: Introduction to Palliative Medicine: Scope and Principles.
- History of Palliative Care.
- Palliative Care Team: Roles and Responsibilities.
- Ethical Principles in Palliative Care.
- Holistic care in palliative care: Physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs.
- Pain Management: Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological.
- Treating Dyspnea, Nausea, Vomiting, and Constipation.
- Pharmacology, Advanced Pharmacology, and Palliative Care: Opioids, Adjuvants and Alternative Therapy.
- Treatment of Anorexia and Cachexia.
- Fatigue and Delirium.
- Neurological Symptom Control: Epileptic seizures, Spinal Cord Compression, and Neurogenic Pain.
- Treatment of Complex Symptoms in Cancer, Neurological Diseases, and End-Stage Organ Failure.
- The development of Effective Communication with Patients and Families.
- Delivering Bad News: How and What to do.
- Advanced Care Planning: Purposes of Care, Advance Directives, and Living Wills.
- The issue of Family Dynamics and Emotional Support.
- Dealing with Cultural Sensitivity and End-of-Life Discussions
- Ethical dilemmas in communication: Autonomy vs. Beneficence.
- Knowledge Pediatric Palliative Care: The dissimilarity with the Adult Care.
- The management of pain and symptoms in children.
- Communication with Children and Families in Pediatric Palliative Care
- Palliative Care in Pediatrics- Multidisciplinary Approach.
- Ethical dilemmas and Palliative Care in Pediatrics.
- Pediatric Bereavement Support to Families.
- Psychological Distress: Palliative Depression, Anxiety, and Grief.
- Supportive Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
- Dealing with Family Conflict, coping strategies, and adaptation to life-limiting illness.
- Bereavement Support: Psychological and Social.
- Spiritual Care: How to understand and offer spiritual support in end of life care.
- Meeting Cultural, Religious, and Spiritual Patients and Family Needs.
- End-of-Life Decision-Making: Non-Maleficence, Non-Maleficence, and Autonomy.
- End of Life Care: Advance Directives and Legal.
- Palliative Sedation: Signs, morals and practice.
- Organ Donation and End-of-Life Care.
- DNR (Do not resuscitate) Orders and the role they play in palliative care.
- Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Ethics and Legal.
- Palliative Care Rotation, Inpatient.
- Home Visits and Palliative Care Models at Home.
- Palliative Care Clinics, Outpatient.
- Multidisciplinary Case Discussions and Grand Rounds.
- Collaboration in the Interdisciplinary Team: Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, Chaplains.
- Clinical Training in Symptom Management (including subcutaneous and intravenous medication administration)
- Case Management and Interaction with other healthcare providers.
- Shared Decision-Making and Family Meetings in Practice.
- Research Methodologies in Palliative Medicine Overview.
- Undertaking Clinical Research and Quality Improvement Projects in Palliative Care.
- Evidence-Based Practice: Putting Research into Practice.
- Palliative Care Research and Ethics.
- Finding, writing, and presenting a palliative medicine research paper, presentation and grant.
- Involvement in Continuing Research Projects and Case Studies.
- The Aging Process and its Implication on Palliative Care.
- The prevalent geriatric syndromes in palliative medicine: frailty, dementia, delirium, and multimorbidity.
- Complete Geriatric Evaluation: Physical, Cognitive and Functional Health.
- Polypharmacy in the Elderly: Deprescribing and medication management.
- Moral dilemmas of geriatric palliative care.
- End of life issues in elderly age: decisions and care preferences.
- Palliative Care Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Renal Failure.
- Neurological Diseases: Parkinson, Motor Neuron Disease (ALS), and Multiple Sclerosis.
- Managing Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS and Autoimmune Disorders
- Management of Symptoms in End-Stage Liver Disease.
- Palliative Care Models in Non-Cancer Patients.
- Personalization of Palliative Care to the Needs of chronically, life-limiting illness patients.
- Prognostication of Non-Cancer Conditions.
- Pediatric Pain Pathophysiology: Acute and Chronic Pain in Kids.
- Pain Management scales in children (including in Neonates and Infants)
- Pain Management in the Palliative Care of Children: Pharmacological.
- Non-Drug Pain Management: Play Therapy, Hypnosis, and Acupuncture.
- Treatment of Acute and Chronic Symptoms in Children with Life-Limiting Diseases.
- Pediatric Populations: EOLC: Family-Centered Decision-Making.
- Grief and Bereavement in Pediatric Palliative Care.
- High-level Pain Management Interventions: Nerve Blocks, Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems, and Ketamine Infusions.
- Technological Innovations in Palliative Care: Electronic Health Records, Remote Monitoring and Telemedicine.
- Minimally Invasive Symptom Control: Thoracentesis, paracentesis and drainage.
- Imaging in Palliative Care: Ultrasound and CT-guided Procedures.
- Complex Wounds and Pressure Ulcers in Palliative Care.
- End-of-Life monitors and measures of comfort are innovations.
- Learning Cancer as a Palliative Diagnosis: Palliative Oncology Principles.
- Management of Cancer Pain: Breakthrough Pain and Rotation of Opioid.
- The value of integrating Palliative Care into the Early cancer journey and its challenges.
- When to stop or continue chemotherapy, Radiation, and Surgery in Advanced Cancer.
- Overcoming Psychological, Emotional, and Spiritual Challenges in Cancer Patients.
- Cancer-Related Fatigue, Cachexia and Malnutrition Symptom Management.
- Palliative Care in Cancer Supporting Family and Caregivers.
- Chronic Respiratory Diseases COPD, Interstitial Lung Disease, and Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Management of Breathlessness and Dyspnea: Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological.
- Oxygen Therapy, Non-Invasive Ventilation, and End-of-Life Respiratory Care.
- Palliative Care of Severe Respiratory Failure and Acute Exacerbation.
- Communicating Prognosis and End-of-Life Care in Respiratory Illnesses.
- The Palliative Care in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programmes.
- Psychological Considerations of Chronic Respiratory Disease: Anxiety, Depression, and Suffocation phobia.
- The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of palliative care in psychiatric illnesses, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.
- Psychiatric Conditions in the Terminally illness: Anxiety, Depression, and Psychosis present in Palliative patients.
- Psychiatric Care: Psychiatric nurses and clinical psychologists can integrate psychiatric care into palliative teams.
- Preventing Disturbing Symptoms: Delirium, Agitation, and Hallucinations.
- Prevention of suicide and ethical concerns in palliative psychiatry.
- Spiritual distress and Mental Health: Holistic Support.
- Cognitive Deterioration and Dementia: How to deal with terminal stages.
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