Palliative Care in New Curriculum: Year 4(260 students: CGC separate)
The Palliative Care teaching team plan to continue the current approach of a spiral theme than runs throughout the course, linked in with other specialties.Teaching in the Regional Hubs is indicated thus***.
Year 4: Introductory Course(260 students)
Cambridge: One half day seminar, repeated 10 times.
PC1(4). Introduction to Palliative Care.
Range of patients, needs & settings in Palliative Care.
Introduction to pain control.
Cambridge:10 x Intro Course half days.
CGC: Half day for 24/40 students during Clinical Skills 2 (March)
Year 4: Term 1. Core Clinical Practice(260 students)
Cambridge: One half day symposium during R&I week A
Two half-day seminars in R&I week B, repeated 5 or 3 times.
PC2(4). Resuscitation decisions.
DNACPR & ceilings of care.
Ceilings of care
Cambridge: Symposia during October R&I week A.
CGC: Half day for 24/40 students during Clinical Skills 2 (March) or Clinical Skills 3 (July / Aug)
PC3(4). Ethical Issues in clinical care at EOL
Ethical and legal principles (with Clinical Ethics and Law)
Artificial nutrition and hydration: starting and stopping
Cambridge: 5 x seminars Nov / Dec R&I week B.
CGC: Half day for 24/40 students during Clinical Skills 3 (Aug)
PC4(4). The assisted suicide debate
Vocabulary, ethical issues
Legal cases and attempts to change the law
Cambridge: 3 x seminars Nov / Dec R&I week B.
CGC: Half day for 24/40 students during Clinical Skills 3 (Aug)
Year 4: Terms 2 and 3(260 students)
Hub: Find patient during hubplacements for cases seminars
Cambridge:Half day seminars in R&I / exam prep week, repeated 3 times.
PC5(4). Student Selected Components (SSCs)***
Clinical SSCs in hospices and hospital teams.
Research SSCs in Cambridge PEOLC group
CGC: no Year 1 SSC
PC6(4). Year 4 Palliative Care cases seminars
Students bring patients they have met for discussion. Case 1.
Facilitated in 9 x 2 x small groups of 5 students each time.
Optional submission forBettie Knott prizes.
Cambridge: 3 x seminars July R&I week C.
CGC: Half day for 24/40 students during late Clinical Skills 3 (late Aug / early Sept)
Additional CGC: Hospice half day for 24/40 students during Clinical Skills 3 (July / Aug)
Stephen Barclay July 2017