Starting on:
Sep 14, 2020
Ending on:
Sep 18, 2020
Moderator(s):
Venue:
St. Francis Community Hospital- Kasarani
Max Credits:
5 Points
Provider:
International Cancer Institute
Claim Points
Sep 14, 2020
Ending on:
Sep 18, 2020
Moderator(s):
St. Francis Community Hospital- Kasarani
Max Credits:
5 Points
Provider:
International Cancer Institute
Claim Points
INTERNATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE PALLIATIVE CARE COURSE
Starting on:
Sep 14, 2020 8:00 AM
Sep 14, 2020 8:00 AM
Ending on:
Sep 18, 2020 5:00 PM
Sep 18, 2020 5:00 PM
Venue:
St. Francis Community Hospital- Kasarani
St. Francis Community Hospital- Kasarani
Description
Complimenting multidisciplinary management and care of patients with serious and life-limiting illnesses including Non Communicable Diseases
Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
1. To explain the concept of palliative care
2. Apply various techniques to carry out discussions at every point of the illness including end-of-life, with patients and families on palliative care, goals of care, breaking bad news
3. Describe how spiritual assessment integrates and supports plan of care
4. Employ the tools commonly used in palliative care to assess and manage pain using pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods
5. Identify most common physical symptoms in palliative care and describe the key assessments, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and follow-up required to optimally manage symptoms
6. Identify common signs of the dying process and describe treatments for common symptoms at end of life care
7. Describes normal grief and bereavement and risk factors for prolonged grief disorder
Presenters
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Dr.
Hussein Elias
Family Physician/ Palliative Care Specialist
Moi University -
Dr.
Zipporah Ali
Palliative Care Specialist
Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association -
Prof.
Chite Asirwa
Medical Oncologist and Hematologist Executive Director/CEO International Cancer Institute
ICI -
Dr.
John Weru
Palliative Care Specialist
Aga Khan University Hospital -
Miss
Jesca Nganga
Palliative Care Coordinator
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Mr.
Richard Bauer
Palliative care Chaplain