Educators, on creating a place for sharing….
In the “Essentials in Hospice Palliative Care” resources we outline many learning activities that require students to participate and share their experiences, beliefs, challenges, and fears about topics related to death, dying, loss and grief. In the program evaluation interviews we invited instructors to share their experiences with the ‘Essentials in Hospice Palliative Care’ resources. […]
Patients may have to push to get registered with the palliative care program
If Palliative Care increases length of life as well as improving quality of life, why do patients have to ask for palliative care? Why don’t physicians and nurses tell patients about palliative care? Why do they struggle to get registered with a palliative care or hospice program? Andrea Warnick, a dear colleague from Toronto writes: […]
Integrating the “Essentials in Hospice Palliative Care” resources
This spring/summer we invited students and instructors to participate in surveys and interviews to evaluate the “Essentials in Hospice Palliative Care” resources. (The focus was on instructors and students in the Personal Support Worker programs.) Many thanks to everyone who participated by completing surveys and those who also participated in interviews! During the interviews we […]
The world is made of stories…. and so is the classroom
This spring I attended the Ontario Association of Career Colleges conference in Windsor. I arranged ahead of time to meet a few of the local PSW instructors for a ‘cuppa something’. During both evening visits a few recurring themes emerged… I sensed their passion for teaching, their esteem for the students, and the role of […]
