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.

The eLearning course for General Practitioners will take approximately 2 hours to complete. A certificate of completion can be downloaded when you complete the entire learning activity.

You do not have to complete the entire learning activity in one sitting. You can leave the course at any time and use the menu to recommence where you left the next time you access the course.

Your participation in an optional survey after the online training program will help us to improve and refine the program for the future.

"This will be very beneficial to patients in my clinic and will help identify issues and start communication and planning for patients’ future care." - GP training participant

Professor Dimity Pond explains why general practices should be initiating more advance care planning discussions with their patients:

Associate Professor Joel Rhee discusses the important role general practices can play in the early identification of palliative care and supportive needs:

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Page last updated 12 September 2024