Education
CPCRE’s role in education
CPCRE creates, organises and delivers evidence-based palliative care education for all health disciplines. This education contributes to building workforce capacity to provide best practice palliative and end-of-life care across the health care settings in Queensland.
CPCRE is an endorsed education provider with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).
CPCRE workshops and online education
CPCRE provides online education and workshops for health professionals of all disciplines. Topics are tailored for clinical practice and early career research. Clinicians of all disciplines and training levels are welcome.
CPRCE education is delivered via online lunch and learn sessions, face-to-face or virtual workshops (tailored to nurses, allied health, medical officers, first nations health officers, and/or aged care workers), or online education modules and videos.
Stay informed on upcoming CPCRE education sessions by:
- viewing the online calendar where links are available to register (you can search events for ‘CPCRE’ to see our upcoming events),
- receiving CPCRE communications.
PEPA/IPEPA Queensland
PEPA/IPEPA is a national program, and the CPCRE delivers PEPA Queensland. PEPA provides face-to-face clinical placements and workshops for clinicians including specialist topics and culturally safe care for Indigenous Australians.
Subcutaneous infusion device education
This learning package aims to assist the clinician to develop knowledge and skills of the basic principles of care for people with subcutaneous infusion devices in palliative care settings. The package is designed to for self-directed learning. Completion does not provide formal accreditation. Supervised practice with appropriately trained staff managing the device used by your service is recommended.
Short educational videos
A series of short (3-8 min) educational videos are available. They cover topics ranging from cancer pain, principles of palliative care, and spirituality. The videos were created with GPs as the target audience; however, they are relevant for all health workers in palliative and end-of-life care.
Resources
CPCRE curates a selection of available resources which inform best-practice for palliative care on our resource page.
