Workplace Activities
Ensuring quality and sustainability of outcomes is a key focus of PEPA. All placement participants are expected to implement a post placement activity within their workplace within three months of completing their placement. Participants are encouraged to discuss their ideas for their workplace activity with their host site mentor during their placement.
Examples of workplace activities that have been undertaken by past participants include:
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Workplace tool development and/or improvement; with the outcome of improved care planning and implementation, early identification of the deteriorating resident, a more holistic approach to care provision, and greater efficiency through intentionally streamlining the approach to care
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In-service training provided to staff
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Dissemination of fact sheets and morphine conversion tables
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Establishment of palliative care resource information for staff and/or patients
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Development of End of Life care pathway
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More effective assessment and monitoring of pain
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More effective planning and implementation of end of life care
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Advocating skills with other health care professionals in regards to pain, symptom management and the identification of when a patient may be in need of end of life care
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The expansion of current services to include a more holistic model of care
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Modelling to other staff improved communication techniques with families of residents including the provision of information that leads to informed choices and managing their expectations with greater awareness
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Provision of feedback to the regional district palliative care team regarding staffing, resource allocation, assessments and outcome measures as observed within a larger metropolitan service
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Establishment of a project team to expand the current service provision of the occupational therapist working in palliative care, in anticipation of the opening of a new 20 bed palliative care centre at the hospital