The Advance Project eLearning for General Practitioners

• Approximately 2 hours
• 4 CPD points
• Approved as a CPD activity by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and accredited by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).

After completing the eLearning module, GPs will be able to:

• Describe the benefits and role of general practice in advance care planning (ACP) and early identification and assessment of patients’ palliative and supportive care needs;
• Use the Advance Project^TM Guide and evidence-based tools to initiate ACP and assessing patients and carers’ palliative and supportive care needs.;
• Identify and screen patients and carers who may benefit from ACP and/or a palliative and supportive care needs assessment;
• Evaluate patients’ and carers’ concerns, symptoms, questions and priorities identified through a structured ACP and/or supportive care needs assessment;
• Identify patients who could benefit from referral to specialist palliative care and explain the benefits of this referral to them

https://www.theadvanceproject.com.au/theadvanceproject/tabid/5231/Default.aspx