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The Latest in Palliative Care Education

Hospice West Auckland provides specialist palliative care as well as educational courses to practitioners, individuals and groups within the Waitemata District Health Board and wider areas. Education sessions are held at a Hospice West Auckland location, virtually (via zoom), or at other locations by request. If you would like to be added to our distribution list for monthly learning updates, please let us know by emailing learning@hwa.org.nz.

  • Click here to download a copy of our 2024 Learning Programme
  • View and register for the Hospice New Zealand Palliative Care Lecture Series here
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Our 2024 upcoming courses are:

Hospice West Auckland Webinars

Subcutaneous Prescribing in Palliative Care

This webinar explores the fundamentals of prescribing subcutaneous medications in palliative care. It also touches on Emergency Medication Directives.

Palliative Care in Renal Failure

This webinar will use case-based discussions to highlight some common symptoms and discuss practical management strategies for those with advanced renal disease.

Palliative Care of People with Addictions

This webinar explores the key challenges that we face in these circumstances and how we can best manage these. We explore the impact that addiction can have on how we treat and support this group of patients and their families.

Weaving Holistic Care to Enhance Hauora

This webinar guides us as we seek to understand the essence of social care and its profound influence on our lives, recognising the ripple effects of a serious illness on the patient as well as the entire support network.

Shared Goals of Care

In this webinar we introduce and explore the quality improvement initiative, Shared Goals of Care, and how it can improve the clinical care in different clinical practice.

Deprescribing

Using different deprescribing tools, we apply these to different patients in a series of case reviews.

The Impact of Delirium in Palliative Care

The identification and management of delirium in palliative care patient is the focus of this webinar, utilising a series of case reviews and reflections.

Loved that the session was interactive. Very clear, understandable and precise information. And I liked that cases were used so it made it easier to relate to.

For all learning enquiries please contact us at learning@hwa.org.nz.

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