eLearning for General Practitioners

After completing the eLearning course, GPs will be able to:

• Describe the benefits and role of general practice in advance care planning (ACP) and early identification and assessment of patients’ palliative and supportive care needs;
• Use the Advance Project^® Guide and evidence-based tools to initiate ACP and assessing patients and carers’ palliative and supportive care needs;
• Identify and screen patients and carers who may benefit from ACP and/or a palliative and supportive care needs assessment;
• Evaluate patients’ and carers’ concerns, symptoms, questions and priorities identified through a structured ACP and/or supportive care needs assessment;
• Identify patients who could benefit from referral to specialist palliative care and explain the benefits of this referral to them.