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Suggested List of Topics for Staff in the Hospice Sector in Ontario
Education should include communication, skills, assessment and care planning, advance care planning, and symptom management.
It may also include the following 18:
• Principles and models of palliative care
• Care of the family and caregiver
• Assessment and management of pain and other symptoms (see Quality Statement 6)
• Assessment and management of psychosocial aspects of care, including spiritual and existential issues (see Quality Statement 7)
• Effective and compassionate communication
• Mediation and conflict management
• Advocacy and therapeutic relationship-building
• Ethical issues
• Interdisciplinary practice and competencies (see Quality Statement 12)
• Knowledge of relevant legislation
• Advance care planning, goals of care, and informed consent as described in the Ontario Health Care Consent Act (see Quality Statements 3 and 4)
• Self-care, including coping strategies, compassion fatigue, and self-exploration of death and dying
• Cultural competency and cultural safety, including care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples
• Palliative care issues in vulnerable populations (people with mental health issues, people who are
homeless/vulnerably housed, and people who are incarcerated)
• Social and cultural contexts of death and dying
• Dying trajectories and signs of impending death
• Grief, bereavement, and mourning
• Roles of grief and bereavement educators, clergy, spiritual leaders, and funeral directors