This micro skills course from the Association for Palliative Medicine explores the background to patients challenging questions and identifies the skills that can be used to respond to them.

This micro skills course from the Association for Palliative Medicine identifies common reasons why patients approaching the end of their lives react angrily. It also looks at how this can be identified and the most effective responses professionals can use.

This micro skills lesson from the Association for Palliative Medicine explores the patient with a life threatening illness who finds it hard to accept their diagnosis or to talk openly, is said to be in denial. This presents specific challenges for the practitioner, which will be explored in this session alongside the skills required to approach such situations.

This micro skills lesson from the Association for Palliative Medicine explores the concerns patients and their partners may have about intimacy and sex when approaching the end of life. It examines the challenges this raises for professionals and how most effectively to approach the topic.

This micro skills lesson from the Association for Palliative Medicine describes collusion and explores the reasons for this behaviour and effective approaches to managing it.

This micro skills course from the Association for Palliative Medicine explores the communication challenges in moving a patient who is approaching the end of their life from one place of care to another.

When approaching the end of life, concerns about spiritual matters frequently arise for patients, and may cause uncertainty and distress. This micro skills lesson from the Association for Palliative Medicine examines the most effective ways to identify and respond to these concerns.

Great leaders bring out the best in their teams. They inspire people to action, boost group cohesion, and cultivate an environment of consistent, high-quality performance. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to boost your leadership success by understanding five of the most commonly used styles: laissez-faire, autocratic, democratic, transformational, and transactional. First, you’ll learn what a leadership style is and how it differs from a trait. Then, you’ll learn about each of the five styles and when they work best.

A good leader will own their mistakes and recognise their shortcomings. A great leader will actively work to improve them. All skills can be learned—and leadership skills are no different. The more you work at it, the better you’ll get. In this lesson, you’ll learn six practices to become a better leader. Reflect on the areas where your leadership skills can grow.

This micro skills course from the Association of Palliative Medicine provides an introduction to Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) policies and highlights when an individual should not be subjected to attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

This micro skills course from the Association for Palliative Medicine provides an overview of the concept of illness trajectories and its influence on the advance care planning (ACP) process in end of life care.

This micro-skills course from the Association for Palliative Medicine describes how the Preferred Priorities for Care tool may be used to facilitate advance care planning.