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2. Position paper on undergraduate Palliative Medicine education for doctors in South Africa
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Henriette Burger, Rene Krause, Charmaine Blanchard, Julia Ambler, Linda Ganca, Alan Barnard, Michelle Meiring, Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko, Hanneke Brits, Tracey Brand, Mitchell Scott, Langalibalele Mabuza, Martin Bac, Nozuko Zele-Mqonci, Parimalaranie Yogeswaran, and Liz Gwyther
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palliative medicine ,palliative care ,curriculum design ,education ,health professions education ,learning outcome ,competencies ,Medicine ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Background: Basic palliative care teaching should be included in training curricula for health care providers (HCPs) at all levels of the health service to ensure that the goal set by the South African (SA) National Policy Framework and Strategy for Palliative Care, to have an adequate number of appropriately trained HCPs in South Africa, is achieved. Furthermore, palliative learning objectives for nurses and doctors should be standardised. Many SA medical schools have integrated elements of Palliative Medicine (PM) teaching into undergraduate medical training programmes for doctors; however, the degree of integration varies widely, and consensus and standardisation of the content, structure and delivery of such PM training programmes are not yet a reality. Aim: This joint position paper aims to describe the current state of undergraduate medical PM teaching in South Africa and define the PM competencies required for an SA generalist doctor. Setting: Palliative Medicine programme leads and teachers from eight medical schools in South Africa. Methods: A survey exploring the structure, organisation and content of the respective medical undergraduate PM programmes was distributed to PM programme leads and teachers. Results: Responses were received from seven medical schools. Through a process of iterative review, competencies were defined and further grouped according to suitability for the pre-clinical and clinical components of the curriculum. Conclusion: Through mapping out these competencies in a spiralled medical curriculum, the authors hope to provide guidance to medical curriculum designers to effectively integrate PM teaching and learning into current curricula in line with the goals of the SA National Policy Framework and Strategy on Palliative Care (NPFSPC).
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- 2022
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3. Exploring the experiences of healthcare professionals in South Africa and Uganda around communicating with children about life-threatening conditions: a workshop-based qualitative study to inform the adaptation of communication frameworks for use in these settings
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Elizabeth Rapa, Jeffrey R Hanna, Teresa Pollard, Stephanie Santos-Paulo, Yasmin Gogay, Julia Ambler, Elizabeth Namukwaya, David Kavuma, Elizabeth Nabirye, Ruth Mary Kemigisha, Juliet Namyeso, Tracey Brand, Louise Walker, Beverley G Neethling, Julia Downing, Sue Ziebland, Alan Stein, and Louise J Dalton
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ObjectivesThis study aimed to explore how published communication frameworks could be amended to ensure applicability and cultural appropriateness for professionals to support family-centred conversations by investigating’ healthcare professionals’ (1) experiences of providing support to families when a caregiver or a dependent child (DesignA qualitative study involving two 2-day workshops with embedded focus group discussions, break out rooms and consensus discussions.SettingHealth and social care and third sector organisations in South Africa and Uganda.ParticipantsThirty-two professionals providing care to families affected by life-threatening conditions in South Africa or Uganda who were aged 18 years or older and able to converse in English.ResultsParticipants identified obstacles to having conversations with caregivers about children and to telling children about serious illness during consultations. These included patients’ beliefs about illness, medicine and death, language barriers between families and the healthcare team, and emotional and practical challenges for professionals in having these conversations. Culturally appropriate adaptations were made to previously published communication frameworks for professionals to support family-centred conversations.ConclusionsCulturally sensitive communication frameworks could help healthcare professionals to talk with families about what children need to know when they or a caregiver have a serious illness. More broadly, effective communication could be facilitated by promoting healthcare professionals’ and communities’ understanding of the benefits of telling children about illness within the family. Together these strategies may mitigate the psychological impact of global disease on children and their families.
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- 2023
4. Psychological Care and Distress
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Tracey Brand and Tamara Klikovac
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Palliative care ,Disease trajectory ,business.industry ,030503 health policy & services ,Psychological distress ,3. Good health ,Therapeutic relationship ,03 medical and health sciences ,Distress ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nursing ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Genogram ,End-of-life care - Abstract
1. The establishment of a therapeutic relationship between the children’s palliative care (CPC) team and the family is important to provide good psychological care and support. 2. Understanding the family and the child’s psychological distress and how to manage it is essential. 3. It is important to assist the family and child through the disease trajectory, utilising appropriate skills and knowledge such that they feel supported and know where to go if they need help. 4. Assisting the family at end-of-life (EoL) and into bereavement can be challenging, but an important part of palliative care (PC) provision.
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- 2020
5. Inspiration, innovation and integration: highlights from the third ICPCN conference on children’s palliative care, 30th May-2nd June 2018, Durban, South Africa
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Julia Ambler, Julia Downing, Busi Nkosi, Michelle Meiring, Barbara Steel, Lorna Sithole, Alex Daniels, Tracey Brand, Zodwa Sithole, Sue Boucher, and Elizabeth Gwyther
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Hippocratic Oath ,Sustainable development ,Cancer Research ,Palliative care ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Humanitarian crisis ,Commission ,Entertainment ,03 medical and health sciences ,symbols.namesake ,0302 clinical medicine ,Oncology ,Nursing ,Feeling ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,symbols ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,business ,Inclusion (education) ,media_common - Abstract
The International Children's Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) held its third international conference on children's palliative care in Durban, South Africa, from May 30 2018 to 2 June 2018. The conference-inspiration, innovation and integration-brought together 250 participants from 41 countries and was held in conjunction with local partners-Umduduzi Hospice Care for Children, Palliative Treatment for Children South Africa (Patch SA) and the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa. It built on national and global developments in palliative care such as its inclusion in Universal health coverage (UHC), the Lancet Commission report on pain and palliative care and the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and aimed to raise the profile of children's palliative care in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and nationally. Seven pre-conference workshops were held prior to the conference on topics such as pain and symptom management, children's palliative care within a humanitarian crisis, perinatal palliative care, research, developing programmes, ethical issues and difficult conversations in children's palliative care. Delegates were welcomed in true Durban style at the welcome reception hosted by the City of Durban and uShaka Marine World. The opening plenary included entertainment from the Open Air School and Hillcrest Primary School, and inspirational talks from the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health, a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Chief Executive of ICPCN and the Noble Peace Prize Nominee Dr MR Rajagopal from Pallium India. Plenary sessions were interspersed throughout the conference with 56 oral concurrent presentations and workshops, six 'Meet the expert sessions' 100 poster presentations and the South African Premier of the film 'Hippocratic: 18 Experiments in gently shaking the world'. There was a great feeling of networking and learning throughout the conference, with the conference being well evaluated, and an increase in the level of presentations and research from previous conferences demonstrating the steps that are being taken in children's palliative care globally.
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- 2018
6. Talking to children: What to do and what not to do
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Tracey Brand
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Compulsive talking ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Harm ,business.industry ,Medicine ,General Medicine ,business ,Psychiatry ,Sick child - Abstract
Talking to children can be very daunting. Talking to a sick child can be even more daunting. How can we ensure that our message comes across in a way that is suitable and will not cause more harm than good?
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- 2014
7. Basic counselling skills
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Tracey Brand
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Psychoanalysis ,business.industry ,George (robot) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Illusion ,Medicine ,General Medicine ,business ,Biggest Problem ,media_common - Abstract
George Bernard Shaw stated, ‘The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place’. In the medical world, and especially one that involves children, this is unfortunately a reality.
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- 2014
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