Course Title: Deliver care services using a palliative approach

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3401 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)

Course Title: Deliver care services using a palliative approach

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 60

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.  

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Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.  


This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with;

  • CHCAGE005- Provide support to people living with dementia
  • CHCCCS025 Support relationships with carers and families


Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

NURS5368C

City Campus

TAFE

375T Vocational Design and Social Context

Face-to-Face or Internet

VE 2020 (XXXX),

VE 2020 (XXX3),

VE 2020 (BEN0),

VE 2020 (3BEN)

NURS5368C

City Campus

TAFE

375T Vocational Design and Social Context

Face-to-Face or Internet

VE 2021 (WFV1),

VE 2021 (BE3N),

VE 2021 (All)

NURS5368C

City Campus

TAFE

535T Social Care and Health

Face-to-Face or Internet

VE 2022 (All)

Course Contact: Clare McGlone

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 7929

Course Contact Email: clare.mcglone@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to communicate effectively with clients, colleagues, management and other industry providers.

This unit applies to a range of health and community service contexts where workers may communicate face-to-face, in writing or using digital media and work with limited responsibility under direct or indirect supervision.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCPAL001 Deliver care services using a palliative approach

Elements:

1. Apply principals and aims of a palliative approach when supporting individuals

2. Respect the person's preferences for quality of life choices

3. Follow the person's advance care directives in the care plan

4. Respond to signs of pain and other symptoms

5. Follow end-of-life care strategies

6. Manage own emotional responses and ethical issues


Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.

 


Overview of Assessment


 Assessments will include a combination of tasks including knowledge questions and case study analysis.