PatchSA
Assessing and Managing Children's Pain
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Short course
Course type
7 hours
Study time
Online
Mode of learning
6 CPD points
5 Clinical, 1 Ethics
(70% average required)
(70% average required)
Course overview
This course equips healthcare professionals and people working with or caring for children with serious and complex medical conditions and life-threatening illnesses the knowledge, skills and resources to assess and manage physical and psychogenic pain, with particular relevance to children with palliative care needs.
The course Assessing and Managing Children’s Pain covers the following key elements:
- The meaning and significance of total pain.
- Classifications of pain according to duration, type and cause.
- How to recognise and assess pain in nonverbal and verbal children of all ages.
- How to complete a thorough pain assessment using age-appropriate pain rating scales.
- General principles of pain management and treating difficult pain.
- Non-pharmacological pain management strategies.
- Pharmacological pain management including use of opioids and co-analgesics.
- Managing pain at the end of life.
Who is this course for?
South African Healthcare Professionals
Required qualification
None. Suggested for those with healthcare related diploma or degree.
Course level
Intermediate
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Why choose this course?
The course Assessment and Management of Pain in Children offers:
- Comprehensive Knowledge: It covers all key aspects and relevant skills, ensuring a deep understanding of assessing and managing pain in children.
- Expert Developers: Learn from leaders in the field of children's palliative care, all clinical and academic experts with years of real-world experience and insight.
- Flexible Learning Options: Our online courses provide the flexibility and convenience of learning in your own time, from the comfort of your home or office.
About the academic institution
Patch Academy is the education arm of PatchSA. It is an online learning platform that has operated for 3 years and trained over 3700 students with courses included in the curricula of 5 major universities in South Africa. Patch Academy offers paediatric palliative care training via interactive courses on various aspects of providing holistic care to children with palliative care needs. The 12 available courses are all CPD accredited and have been developed by a group of experts in the field. The content is appropriate for all members of a multi-disciplinary palliative care team and there are no prerequisites for taking our courses. We invite anyone with an interest in caring for children with serious, chronic, life-threatening and/or complex medical conditions and their families to complete any or all of the courses.
3700+
Students
12 CPD Accredited
Courses
Highly
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Course developers & authors
Dr Julia Ambler
Medical Director of Umduduzi
Co-Founder and Medical Director at Umduduzi
Lecturer at UKZN
Co-Founder and Medical Director at Umduduzi
Lecturer at UKZN
Julia graduated from UCT with her MBChB in 1998. After her junior doctor years, she spent 6 years in Oxford, UK returning home in early 2008. Whilst in the UK she trained and worked as a general practitioner and a children’s hospice doctor at Helen and Douglas Houses in Oxford. Since returning to South Africa in 2008 Julia has focused on providing paediatric palliative care services in her home province of KwaZulu-Natal. She is currently deputy director and head of clinical services at Umduduzi – Hospice Care for Children. In her role, she consults in children’s palliative care and trains health professionals and medical students. She is a sessional lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics, Nelson Mandela Medical School, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Dr Michelle Meiring
Paediatrician specialising in Pain and Palliative Care
Founder and CEO of Paedspal
Lecturer at UCT
Founder and CEO of Paedspal
Lecturer at UCT
Dr Meiring is a Paediatrician with a special interest in Palliative Care and Chronic Pain Management. She is the Founding Director of Paedspal, an NGO that provides a paediatric palliative care service to public and private patients in Cape Town. Academically she convenes the Post-Graduate Diploma in Paediatric Palliative Medicine at UCT. An active advocate, Dr Meiring founded Palliative Care for Children South Africa (PatchSA) and chaired the organisation for 12 years. She remains as the advocacy lead and is engaged in policy making nationally.
Sr Tracy Rawlins
Professional Nurse
Education & Training Manager
PatchSA
Education & Training Manager
PatchSA
Tracy Rawlins is a qualified professional nurse, midwife and health educator. Her experience in caring for the terminally ill in her community laid the foundation for her qualification in adult palliative care but her heart and passion has always been in working with babies and children. In 2017 she successfully completed her post grad diploma in Paediatric Palliative medicine, cum laude. Her current role as the Training and Education Manager for PatchSA has afforded her the opportunity to combine both her passion for facilitation and training, and at the same time, assist in caring and supporting children with serious illnesses and their families.
Course developers
Sue Boucher is the Programme & Communications Manager and Tracy Rawlins is the Education and Training Manager at PatchSA. Sue Boucher is a teacher by profession, an author, and communications expert. She has worked in the field of children's palliative care since 2008. Tracy Rawlins is a professional nurse with a post gratudate qualification in nurse education, adult and paediatric palliative medicine. They are both content experts with vast experience in adult education and have honed their skills as online instructional designers since 2020, collaboratively developing each of the 12 virtual courses available on the Patch Academy website.
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Student testimonials
Brilliant course! An absolute must for all HCWs working with children!
The fact that I was one of the people that believed that morphine suppresses respiration and decreased the quality of life, I am speechless. The calculations helped me a lot and I now understand the breakthrough concept better than before. I will be able to explain to parents and colleagues about morphine and that people should overcome the fear of giving morphine to children when it has been prescribed.
Course is fantastic and the stepwise process makes sense. I am a firm believer in non-pharmacological methods, and I hope that more people will start using the methods - especially with procedures.
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