Palliative Care Workshop

The Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network invite health professionals to attend an education evening on palliative care. This event will be presented by Garth Wolfenden who is a Palliative Care Educator/Clinical Nurse and will be supported by a Specialist Palliative Care member.

These workshops will cover

  • Intro to palliative care
  • Symptom control
  • Assessment of the palliative patient
  • Terminal care
  • Medications used in palliative care
  • Subcutaneous medications
  • Q&A

If you can’t attend a link will be available on ‘Teams’ for remote health professionals to join online and will be provided upon registration closer to event date.

This event is FREE for all members of the Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network – Visit wbhpn.com.au/network to join as a member (membership is free).

For more information, please email WBHPN Regional Program Officer Anna McPhee at [email protected]

How to get there

Event Details
22 Oct 2024
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22 Oct 2024
Wheatbelt
Free
All Professions
Palliative Care
Workshop

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