Useful resources for a GPwER in palliative and end of life care

• The End of Life and Palliative Care Toolkit provides a collection of tools, knowledge, and current guidance for healthcare professionals to support patients nearing the end of life to live well until they die. The resources include information for patients and those close to them.
• Learning Path for general practitioners with a special interest in palliative and end of life care
• Learning Path for all general practitioners
• Daffodil Standards resources

GPwER: Higher study to a minimum of Certificate level strongly recommended, for example, European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care: 

• European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care (ECEPC) - Princess Alice Hospice 

Several Masters programmes offer options for study to Certificate and Diploma level, for example, KCL, Cardiff, Newcastle, Glasgow, Queen Margaret’s University. Funding for further study should be discussed during annual appraisal and development reviews.

Attendance at relevant courses and/or conferences

• Oxford Centre for Education and Research in Palliative Care (OxCERPC) courses, including annual Advanced Pain and Symptom Management course¹
• Guildford Advanced Pain and Symptom Management course²
• Palliative Care Congress³
• Relevant study days for members of the Association for Palliative Medicine GB and Ireland (APM) are advertised via a monthly events newsletter or website⁴
• Relevant RCGP courses⁵

• Oxford University Press: Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care
• Oxford University Press: Challenging Cases in Palliative Care
• Pharmaceutical Press: Palliative Care Formulary (available online via APM)

The APM website also has a section on books that might be helpful for learning and development.

• Palliative Care ECHO Update Hospice UK & Association of Palliative Medicine: Palliative Care monthly update - highlights recent clinical and research updates from the UK
• The Dying Matters podcast – podcast featuring people who have learnt through personal experience how important it is to talk about wishes before it’s too late, and they have a lot to say
• On the Marie Curie Couch – aim to support and inspire conversations about dying, death and grief
• SAGE Palliative Medicine and Chronic Care – focused on the latest research and evidence