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Training in End-of-Life Care

Direção
Maria João Costa
Secretariado
Goreti Pinto
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  • Deliberação A3ES
  • Horas de contacto: 16.00
  • Créditos ECTS: 2
  • Requisitos de Graduação: 2
  • Área Científica: Health Sciences
  • Modo: A distância
Grau: 
(Formação Livre)

CalendáriosCalendars

  • Start Date End Date
    1st phase 2026-03-17 2027-07-30
Data Início PrevistaStart date
2026-09-21
Data Fim PrevistaEnd date
2026-10-19
Data limite de inscriçãoEnd Application Date
2026-09-20
  • ApresentaçãoPresentation

    This micro-credential offers comprehensive training in end-of-life care, particularly in the last 48 hours. These final hours of life are crucial in caring for the sick person and their family, creating opportunities to do what is most important and avoiding any form of future remorse or regret. Recognising that the sick person is deteriorating and approaching death can be complex, but scientific evidence helps to anticipate this moment, allowing: -The physical, emotional and spiritual comfort of the person at the end of life to be ensured. -The memory of the dying process to be as positive as possible through the care and support provided. This course enables doctors, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists and other health professionals to better understand the active process of dying and to act in the presence of the person at the end of life, encouraging good practices with a view to a peaceful and dignified death.

Razões para Frequentar este Curso Reasons

This training addresses the emerging need to prepare medical and non-medical professionals to prevent therapeutic obstinacy and the medicalization of death, promoting environments that foster a dignified and peaceful death for individuals in the community or in a hospital setting.
  • Condições de IngressoAccess Conditions

    Degree in Health Sciences.
  • ObjectivosObjectives

    General Objective: To enable trainees to understand the active process of death and to promote environments conducive to a dignified and peaceful death for people at the end of life. Specific Objectives: - Understand the person at the end of life, the importance of identifying their deterioration in the last 48 hours of life, and the most common ethical issues associated with the dying process. - Identify the main signs and symptoms of approaching death. - Understand the physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of the person at the end of life. - Know the comfort measures to be implemented in the care plan for the person at the end of life. - Understand the priorities in administering therapy to the person at the end of life. - Identify the post-mortem care essential to ensuring the dignity of the deceased and the safety of those accompanying them.
  • DestinatáriosRecipients

    Nurses, doctors, pharmacists, psychologists, other health professionals.
  • CompetênciasCompetences

    1- Identification of the main signs and symptoms of approaching death. 2- Understanding the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of the person at the end of life. 3- Implementation of comfort measures in the care plan for the person at the end of life. 4- Administration of priority therapy to the person at the end of life. 5- Identification of post-mortem care essential to ensuring the dignity of the deceased and the safety of those accompanying them.
  • Plano de EstudosStudy Plan

    1º Ano / No Branch

    Annual

    ProgramECTS
    End-of-Life Care2 ECTS