Table 1 Training components
Knowledge based curriculum components | |
|---|---|
1 | Introductory module on what is palliative care |
2 | The caregiver’s responsibilities to patients/community participation in palliative care (includes ethical principles) |
3 | Socioeconomic and emotional issues |
4 | Physical problems: knowledge, skills and attitude to assess common physical symptoms and apply non-medical interventions |
5 | Spiritual issues |
6 | Knowing how to communicate to the patients in a supportive way |
7 | Knowing the basics of nursing care: prevention of bedsore, sterilizations, asepsis, cleaning and dressing of wounds, stoma care |
8 | Grief and bereavement |
9 | Basics on COVID 19 |
10 | Basics of cervical and breast cancer screening |
Skill based curriculum components | |
1 | Support and educate patients and their families on patient bathing |
2 | Support and educate patients and families on how to feed the patient |
3 | Support and educate the family on how to turn a bedbound patient |
4 | Support and educate the family on pressure area care on the patient |
5 | Support and educate the family on toileting for the patient |
6 | Provide medicine adherence counselling to patients |
7 | Support and educate patients and families on passive and active exercises |
8 | Support and educate family on mouthcare for a comatose or disabled patient |
9 | Provide bereavement support to the family |
10 | Facilitate tele consult with the PC team |
11 | Provide linkage and referral of patients to healthcare facilities |