Education
A well-educated and highly trained hospice and palliative care community will secure the future development of on-going excellence in palliative care delivery.
AIIHPC supports access to high quality education and the development of a well-trained palliative care community with the skills and abilities to respond to a wide variety of palliative care needs in a range of settings through two work activities:
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Education Network for Availability, Accessibility and Transferability of Learning
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Leadership and Capacity Building through Individual Learning and Experience
AIIHPC have also been invited by the HSE as a partner on a project developing a Competence Framework for Palliative Care. For more information, click here
The impact of Education activities at AIIHPC include:
- Transparency of palliative care education and qualifications allowing measurement of learning
- Employment mobility for palliative care staff
- Critical mass in palliative care education
- Consistent delivery of high quality and accessible palliative care education
- A collaborative culture across the palliative car education sector
- Appropriate palliative care education for a range of professions
- Increased professional development and lifelong learning opportunities for palliative care staff
- Increased understanding of palliative care in the wider healthcare community