Welcome to PEPA

The Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) aims to:

further improve the skill and confidence of the generalist health workforce to work with people with palliative care needs; and
provide opportunities to ensure palliative care providers across the continuum are aware of, and provide culturally appropriate palliative care and end of life support including care preferences, spiritual requirements and bereavement expression.

PEPA offers:

Supervised clinical placements in specialist palliative care services (community and inpatient)
Integration of learning into practice
Post-placement support
Tailored workshops

PEPA placements and palliative approach workshops are offered free of charge.

Information for prospective participants

Placements for all generalist health professionals Placements for all generalist health professionals
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Reverse PEPA for RACFs Reverse PEPA for RACFs
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Outreach Program for Indigenous Communities Outreach Program for Indigenous Communities

What is palliative care?

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.

Reference: World Health Organisation definition of palliative care (sourced 27 June 2005). Available here

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