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
Learning Format
Online Mode
Flexible payment
financing options available
Program overview
MGA Medical Global Academy’s Fellowship in Palliative Medicine is an advanced programme for medical practitioners interested in developing knowledge in supportive and end-of-life care for patients with serious and complex illnesses. The programme focuses on symptom management, compassionate communication, multidisciplinary care and patient involvement in healthcare decisions. Participants explore pain management, psychosocial support, pediatric and geriatric palliative care, palliative care for non-cancer conditions, supportive care for cancer patients, respiratory palliative care, mental health support and advanced symptom control approaches. The fellowship also emphasizes ethical practice, family support, home-based care models, research and holistic approaches to palliative medicine.
Skills You Will Gain
- Good knowledge of palliative medicine principles, integrated care and multidisciplinary supportive care
- Knowledge of pain management using pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches, including opioids, adjuvants and advanced pain interventions
- Understanding of symptom management including dyspnea, nausea and vomiting, constipation, fatigue, delirium, anorexia, cachexia and neurogenic pain
- Communication skills for breaking bad news, advance care planning, family meetings and culturally sensitive end-of-life conversations
- Knowledge of pediatric palliative care, including symptom management, bereavement support and family-centred decision-making
- Understanding of psychological, social, spiritual and emotional support for patients and caregivers
- Knowledge of ethical and legal considerations in end-of-life care, including DNR, palliative sedation, organ donation and patient autonomy
- Understanding of inpatient, outpatient and home-based palliative care models and multidisciplinary collaboration
- Knowledge of palliative care approaches for cancer, COPD, heart failure, renal failure, neurological disorders, HIV/AIDS and chronic life-limiting illnesses
- Understanding of geriatric palliative care, including frailty, dementia, delirium, multimorbidity and polypharmacy management
- Knowledge of pediatric pain management, respiratory palliative care, psychiatric support and end-of-life care 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 interdisciplinary patient care
- Strengthen clinical knowledge in managing complex chronic diseases and advanced-stage conditions
- Provide compassionate, patient-centred care focused on supporting quality of life
- Explore opportunities in oncology palliative care, geriatric care, respiratory supportive care and chronic disease management
- Engage in palliative care research, academic teaching, healthcare policy and quality improvement initiatives
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation specialists and other healthcare professionals
- Stay updated with developments in pain management, telemedicine, minimally invasive symptom control and supportive care technologies
- Continue professional development in the growing field of palliative and end-of-life care
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
- Free Study Material with recorded lectures
- Best Faculties (Super Specialists) of India
4. Library Access & Question & Answer Session
5. 1 Year of Mentorship
6. Updated Curriculum
Course Curriculum
Foundations of Palliative Care
- 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.
Symptom Management in Palliative Care
- 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.
Communication Skills in Palliative Care
- 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.
Pediatric Palliative Care
- 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.
Psychosocial Aspects of Palliative Care
- 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 Care and Ethical Issues
- 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.
Clinical Rotation and Practical Skills
- 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 in Palliative Medicine
- 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.
Geriatric Palliative Care
- 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 in Non-Cancer Illnesses
- 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 and Symptom Management
- 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.
Advanced Palliative Care Techniques and Technologies
- 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.
Palliative Care in Cancer
- 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.
Palliative Care in Chronic and Life-Threatening Respiratory Diseases
- 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.
Palliative Care in Mental Health
- 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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