Palliative Care Social Worker Onboarding Curriculum
This Learning Pathway contains recommended clinical training for new social workers on the specialty palliative care team.
An introduction to palliative care, how it is delivered, its impact on quality of life, and the growing population of patients who need it.
Learn how to effectively discuss prognosis with patients and their caregivers.
Learn best practices for building trust, eliciting patient values, and having patient-centered conversations about goals of care.
Learn to effectively lead meetings that help patients and caregivers become aligned around the patient’s goals.
Learn techniques to help patients and their caregivers plan for the future, both during the early stages of a serious illness and as a disease progresses.
Guidance for all clinicians on improving communication and ensuring smooth transitions of care for patients living with serious illness.
Assessing and supporting caregivers of people with serious illness.
Conducting a comprehensive pain assessment to guide safe and effective treatment.
This online course teaches how to accurately identify and treat depression in patients living with a serious illness.
Take this online course to learn evidence-based strategies to identify and treat anxiety in patients with a serious illness.
This course provides context and best practices for identifying older adults at risk for poor outcomes, including falls, delirium, and caregiving challenges.
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