Palliative Care

Develop the skills necessary to appraise evidence based care and conduct research on issues of palliative care to inform clinical practice and service development. MSc and PG Dip: six modules plus research study project for MSc. PG Cert: three modules. Department website: http://www.csi.kcl.ac.uk/

KEY BENEFITS

• The programme has a national and international reputation attracting students from all over the world.
• The programme is focused strongly on evidence and on understanding how to conduct research in palliative care and related areas.
• Teaching staff are key academics, practitioners and policy-makers in the field of palliative care. Visiting lecturers are drawn from across the UK and Europe.
• The programme is based at the new Cicely Saunders Institute, a WHO Collaborating Centre for palliative care which is at the heart of national and international research and academic-clinical collaborations.

PURPOSETo develop the skills necessary to appraise evidence based care and conduct research on issues of palliative care in order to inform clinical practice and service development in the field of palliative care.

DESCRIPTIONThis multi-professional MSc is a joint development between King's College London School of Medicine and St Christopher's Hospice. We will give you the skills you need to appraise research and evidence in issues of palliative care to inform your clinical practice and service development.

Our primary aim is to improve the ability, competence and confidence of students to care for patients with advanced disease and their families. This relies heavily on critically appraising existing evidence of the effectiveness, appropriateness and acceptability of existing interventions and services, both medical and psychosocial.

The programme is multi-disciplinary - palliative care professionals from all disciplines learn alongside each other. It is jointly run with St Christopher's Hospice, which is widely regarded as the pioneer institution of the modern hospice movement with a reputation for excellence in clinical practice, research and education.

You will develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of the many clinical, social, psychosocial, and ethical issues in palliative care and their assessment and management. You will also acquire the skills required to critically appraise the evidence of both existing and new treatments and carry out your own research.