Expand+The Graduate Certificate Palliative Care is an interdisciplinary programme designed to enhance your existing knowledge and skills in caring for patients with life limiting illness. The programme will enable you to become a valuable member of the mult...

Hide-The Graduate Certificate Palliative Care is an interdisciplinary programme designed to enhance your existing knowledge and skills in caring for patients with life limiting illness. The programme will enable you to become a valuable member of the multidisciplinary team providing palliative care and further enhance the care provided to patients in your current area of practice who have a range of complex symptoms that need impeccable assessment and management.

This course is aimed at advancing the health care professionals' repertoire of knowledge and skills for professional practice in the care of persons with life limiting illness.

Expand+Specific requirements:

All applicants must have a minimum of two years post-registration experience

Applicants must have exposure to either Level 2 or Level 3 Palliative Care, as indicated in the Report of the National Advisory Committee on Pal...

Hide-Specific requirements:

All applicants must have a minimum of two years post-registration experience

Applicants must have exposure to either Level 2 or Level 3 Palliative Care, as indicated in the Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care (2001), for the duration of the course for a minimum of 75 hours per month.

Non-clinicians need to demonstrate the application of their discipline to palliative care practice

Ability to demonstrate an understanding of research in practice is desirable

Evidence of recent study is desirable

General Requirements:

Have a Graduate Diploma/Masters Degree (NQAI Level 9) in a health related discipline

Nurse applicants must be registered on the live register maintained by An Bord Altranais

Other health care professionals must be registered with a recognised professional body