This course is open to staff from all health boards / organisations

An interactive workshop which supports Clinicians to talk about Future Care Planning informed by an understanding of “what matters” to individuals and their families. Participants will work in a small peer group and address communication challenges drawn from their own clinical practice and educational roles. Particular focus will be on initiating conversations about deteriorating health, people’s priorities and plans for future care such as hospital treatments options, further admissions, clinically assisted nutrition or hydration and CPR

Overview

We look at effective ways to help people think and plan ahead. Clinicians need to be able to talk about emergency treatment and care planning (e.g. Treatment Escalation Plans and ReSPECT), goals of care, and planning for care around dying, including DNACPR discussions.

The RED-MAP framework supports these conversations.

Learning outcomes

In this advanced clinical communication workshop participants will:

• Communicate sensitively and effectively with people and those close to them about serious illness,  deteriorating health, goals of care and CPR.
• Talk about Future Care Planning informed by an understanding of ‘what matters’ to people and their families.
• Discuss treatment and care options and outcomes within a person-centred model of shared decision-making and Realistic Medicine.
• Respond to anger, distress, collusion and other complex emotions.
• Discuss the benefits and limitations of treatment in a balanced way.
• Address communication challenges that arise when the person has impaired decision-making capacity

Tutor Team

Dr Frances Yuille

EC4H Senior Tutor

Dr Frances Yuille was a consultant clinical oncologist at the Beatson Cancer Centre in Glasgow before moving to her current post at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre.  She was one of the senior clinicians involved in developing the postgraduate communication education programme in SE Scotland. She has been a senior tutor since 2004.  Frances teaches a range of postgraduate courses and undergraduates at the University of Edinburgh.

GMC number: 3249312

Louise Gordon

EC4H Tutor

Louise is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Transplant / Oncology.  She is currently based at the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Louise completed her EC4H tutor training is February 2024.