Certificate in Clinical Pediatric Palliative Care

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While palliative care is designed to ease suffering in patients at any age and stage of serious illness, caring for pediatric patients differs from palliative care for adults, and requires an extra level of skill.

Pediatric Palliative Care Training

The Certificate in Clinical Pediatric Palliative Care delivers in-depth, evidence-based clinical skills, and strategies for pediatric specialists or hospice, palliative care, and home health professionals, who want to learn effective strategies for caring for infants, children, teens, and young adults with serious or terminal illnesses.

• This series of self-paced courses, which can also be purchased individually, delivers evidence-based strategies for supporting young patients with serious illnesses and their families. Topics covered include:
• Introduction to Pediatric Palliative Care
• Communication Skills for Pediatric Patients and Family Support – Basic/Foundational/Advanced
• Pediatric Pain and Symptom Assessment and Management – Basic/Foundational/Advanced
• Concepts in Easing Suffering and Promoting Healing in Pediatric Patients – Basic/Foundational/Advanced
• Pediatric Care Delivery – Basic/Foundational/Advanced
• Pediatric Team Support
• Pediatric Ethical Principles and Challenges

66 continuing education (CE) credits provided through California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Extended Learning accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider #CEP11422

Physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and other clinicians

To complete this course and obtain a certificate, you must view the course in its entirety, correctly answer all case studies and quiz/test questions (as appropriate) and complete the evaluation. No refunds are given for self-paced courses. You will have 90 days to access this course from the date of purchase.

This in-depth curriculum was developed by expert clinicians in pediatric palliative care from leading children’s hospitals and hospice programs, with support from:

Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition/Coalition for Compassionate Care of California
Providence TrinityCare Hospice and Trinity KidsCare