End of Life Care Horizon Scanning Bulletin Volume 10 Issue 7

St Clare Hospice campaign exploring faith and spirituality launches

Source: ehospice

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Date of publication: September 2019

Publication type: News Item

In a nutshell: A new campaign, the #FaithAtTheEndOfLife campaign has been launched by St Clare Hospice in Essex to raise awareness of the importance of faith and spirituality at the end of life.

Length of publication: 1 page

Midlands GP surgery is Gold Standard Practice of the Year for end of life care

Source: ehospice

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Date of publication: September 2019

Publication type: News Item

In a nutshell: Cape Hill Medical Centre in Smethwick has been awarded the Gold Standards Framework for GP Practice of the Year. Judges were impressed with the success in extending quality end of life care to as many of its patients as possible.

Length of publication: 1 page

Paramedic students learn about the importance of palliative care at Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice

Source: Sue Ryder

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Date of publication: September 2019

Publication type: Blog Post

In a nutshell: This blog post shares a new and innovative placement scheme at Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice aimed at paramedic students to learn more about palliative care.

Length of publication: 1 page

The developing and evaluation of an electronic tool to assess the effect of undergraduate training in palliative care: the electronic international medical education in palliative care (IMEP-e) assessment tool

Source: BMC Palliative Care 2019, 18 (76)

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Date of publication: September 2019

Publication type: Research Article

In a nutshell: This article looks at the study which looks at an electronic tool, the International Medical Education in Palliative Care (IMEP-e) assessment tool. The tool was developed to examine the preparedness of clinicians to provide palliative care, after the World Health Organisation (WHO) asked for palliative care teaching to be made routine.

Length of publication: 8 pages

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