Introduction 

Check out this information and these resources which are targeted towards induction, particularly for professionals new to palliative care.

1     Palliative Hub – Professional

• Read the guideline section relevant to your jurisdiction http://www.professionalpalliativehub.com/national-guidelines
• The site also includes a collated a selection of talks specifically relating to palliative and end of life care which is regularly updated. http://www.professionalpalliativehub.com/ted-talks

2     Palliative Hub – Learning Platform

The overarching goal of the Learning Platform is to provide an online learning environment for palliative care education. For full access to courses staff will need to take a minute to create a new account for themselves on the website. Each of the individual courses may have additional details they require for access.  Here are the steps to create an account:

• Fill out the New Account form
• An email will be immediately sent to confirm registration. Click on the web link it contains and the account will be confirmed (please check your spam/junk email box and if an email does not appear please email info@aiihpc.org for support)
• Select a course to participate in and if prompted for an ‘enrolment key’ use the one that the course coordinator has provided. This will enrol you in the course
• Once enrolled in a course staff need only to enter their username and password to log in to the site and courses they have enrolled in will be visible in the “My courses” section.

The following courses may be of particular interest:

• Management of Constipation in Adult Patients Receiving Palliative Care https://learningplatform.thepalliativehub.com/course/view.php?id=55  This e-learning module is one of the implementation support tools for the National Clinical Guidelines on Management of Constipation in Adult Patients Receiving Palliative Care. (Duration ~60 minutes)
• Pharmacological management of Cancer Pain in Adults https://learningplatform.thepalliativehub.com/enrol/index.php?id=44  This e-learning module is one of the implementation support tools for the National Clinical Guidelines on Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain in Adults (Duration ~60 minutes)

3     AIIHPC website (https://aiihpc.org/)

• Let’s talk about survey – Let’s Talk About provides a picture of what matters to people when they are living with a progressive medical condition which is unlikely to be cured. When we know what matters, services and support can be designed, delivered and improved to address these issues and help people to have as good a quality of life as possible. https://aiihpc.org/our_work/policy-practice/lets-talk-about/
• Palliative Care Stories – AIIHPC, the Health Service Executive (HSE) Quality Improvement Division and the HSC Public Health Agency collaborated to produce short video clips which highlight a wide range of palliative care experiences. The films feature patients, carers and professionals talking about their experiences. https://aiihpc.org/our_work/policy-practice/palliative-care-stories/ 
• AIIHPC Newsletter- Stay up to date with the latest information from around the island of Ireland relating to palliative and end-of-life  care https://aiihpc.org/news-events/aiihpc-newsletter/

4     Other useful materials

• Animation: Delivering News of a death by telephone (NHS Education for Scotland)   https://vimeo.com/328655124
• COVID-19: Evidence-based advice for difficult conversations https://www.realtalktraining.co.uk/covid19-evidence-based-advice-difficult-conversations
• NHS Education for Scotland:
  • PowerPoint with helpful visual to assist with information on Stress, Coping and Resilience at with this difficult time https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/28257/quality-improvement-zone/learning-programmes/scottish-quality-and-safety-sqs-fellowship-programme/stress-coping-and-resilience
  •  PowerPoint with helpful visual to assist with information on difficult conversations around death https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/28261/quality-improvement-zone/learning-programmes/scottish-quality-and-safety-sqs-fellowship-programme/difficult-conversations-why-we-need-to-talk-about-dying
• King’s College London CSI Annual Lecture: Clinical interventions to enhance the expectation of healing: continuing on the pathway of Dame Cicely – Prof Eduardo Bruera, 35 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_sip-M3NYk

• The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) have set up a web page to source and share important information and updates on caring for people with COVID-19. Latest news and first-hand information is also shared on the EAPC Twitter, Facebook and the EAPC blog.  https://www.eapcnet.eu/publications/coronavirus-and-the-palliative-care-response