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Quality of death educational programme in a national reference palliative care unit
  1. Livia Costa De Oliveira1,
  2. Karla Santos da Costa Rosa1,
  3. Amirah Adnan Salman2,
  4. Manuela Samir Maciel Salman2,
  5. Alessandra Gomes Simões1,
  6. Alex Sandro de Azeredo Siqueira1,
  7. Amanda Alves Orsini Richard1,
  8. Angelica Yamaguchi2,
  9. João Barroso Ribeiro1,
  10. Marcus Vinicius da Silva1,
  11. Mônica Bolzan1,
  12. Renata Freitas1 and
  13. Liz Bryan3
  1. 1 Palliative Care Unit, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  2. 2 Education and Training, Premier Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
  3. 3 Education and Training, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Livia Costa De Oliveira, Palliative Care Unit, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; lillycostaoliveira{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Objective To report the experience of offering the Quality End of Life Care for All (QELCA) Programme, highlighting the distinct methodology for the training of health professionals.

Development The QELCA Programme, intellectual property of St Christopher’s Hospice, was offered to seven health professionals working in the hospital palliative care unit at the National Cancer Institute, between June and December 2022, with the support of Premier Institute. The programme, which originates in the UK, has been evaluated there and is currently being evaluated in Hong Kong, and is delivered in two phases: (1) a 5-day immersion programme; (2) monthly sessions of Action Learning for 6 months. Participants realised that communication between members of the multidisciplinary team, as well as between health professionals and patients/loved ones, was one of the key challenges for achieving quality of death in the hospital palliative care unit. This insight empowered them to drive forward significant changes in practice that promise to improve quality of care.

Conclusion The QELCA Programme enabled participants to engage in active problem-solving to promote the relief of suffering of patients and their families in end-of-life care.

  • End of life care
  • Cancer
  • Communication
  • Education and training

https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2023-004478

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    • Contributors LCDO—planning, conduct and reporting of the work described in the article. KSdCR—planning, conduct and reporting of the work described in the article. AAS—planning, conduct and reporting of the work described in the article. MSMS—planning, conduct and reporting of the work described in the article. AGS—discussion of the work and article review. ASdAS—reporting of the work described in the article, discussion of the work and article review. AAOR—discussion of the work and article review. AY— writing (planning) and reporting of the work described in the article. JBR—discussion of the work and article review. MVdS—discussion of the work and article review. MB—reporting of the work described in the article, discussion of the work and article review. RF—planning, conduct and reporting of the work described in the article. LB—planning, conduct and reporting of the work described in the article.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.