Community of Practice

PEPA’s Community of Practice is a space where all PEPA/IPEPA and PEPA Aged Care participants and mentors come together to share their experiences of learning in palliative care.

To share your placement experience and post-placement activities with the Community of Practice, complete your workplace activity report online:

Complete Workplace Activity Report

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Jo Campton, Royal Hobart Hospital ED

Jo undertook a PEPA placement with our Specialist Palliative Care Service in May 2022. The quality improvement activity that she undertook involved assisting to establish a small working group comprising several ED staff to progress and…

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Dorothy Field, Multicultural Aged Care

Staff had wonderful opportunity to increase the Palliate care knowledge for our staff. Lot of discussion around real case scenario Education also included educator from community palliative referral team to form ongoing support for RACF For the…

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Deanne Kong, Flinders Medical Hospital

I followed the palliative care pharmacist and observed her activities over 2 days. I was introduced to the palliative team (Doctors, nurses, allied health and support staff) and got an understanding of their roles and how…

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Cedrik Luk – Bundaberg Hospital

As my Workplace activity, I presented some of what I learnt and my experience in the PEPA program. I presented a powerpoint about this to interns and other staff members at my hospital. I also included…

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Mark – Trott Park

Completed a 10 minute tool box meeting on Dermalux baths for personal care attendants. Watch the video here

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St Vincent’s Care Service, Carseldine

Communication and comfort care education provided Staff involved activity, both RNs and CM Yes, the activity went well, RN feedbacked that communication went through better and being more confident Staff development and satisfaction as the first…

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Tracey Sikora – RSL Life Care, Johnathon Rogers House

The way I feel I helped improve the care for the people around the palliative person was to keep a calm and open line of communication and involve the family with some of the cares being…

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Christine Gwarada – Anglicare Dutton Court Residential

Christine is a clinical coordinator at Anglicare SA Dutton Court Residential Care, following the PEPA Aged Care placement she has been providing toolbox sessions to care staff and nursing staff coving topics in understanding palliative and…

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Anglicare Southern Queensland ABRI Residential Care

We have decided that our project will be compiling a booklet for family members who are visiting family for EOL journey. The booklet will contain information about some of the EOL signs and the different terms…

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JGCC Palliative Training Team

Since we attended this course we understand all details of the importance of correct palliative care processes in our workplace. We have improved our statement of the choice documentation process capturing more palliative end-of-life wishes in…

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Satinder Kaur – John Wesley Gardens, Geebung

What did you do to help improve care for people with palliative care needs? We Have made a folder for each community with all sort of resources we received for other staff to read through for…

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Nin-Yu Huang – Lutheran Services

I’ve been engaging SPACE team needs round with staff, residents, and family to provide holistic review for their care needs. Holding case conferences and discuss resident and family’s wishes. Clinical team will discuss resident who are…

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