Improve your attitudes and relationship skills with patients and family members, helping them cope with grief" 

Developing a plan for dying with dignity helps people determine how they want to reach the end of their lives. This is often a difficult time for the patient, the patient's family and sometimes for the medical team involved. For this reason, psycho-oncology offers a set of tools that provide the necessary information to alleviate the grieving process.

In this Postgraduate Certificate in Protocols for Emotional Intervention at the End of Life you will learn about the protocols that are applied to provide palliative care to patients who have received an unfavorable diagnosis. To this end, a series of empirical and spiritual approaches will be taken into account to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to the program. In relation to the above, the spiritual approach has come to be considered indispensable to safeguard the beliefs of the mourners, guaranteeing their individuality in this process. This helps to alleviate the pain and uncertainty experienced in such a situation.

At the end of the program, the student will be able to apply the appropriate techniques to treat their patients, making this program an excellent opportunity to lead the physician towards a more humane and individualized treatment.

Deal with complex situations, such as the death of lonely patients, where you are their only companion"

This Postgraduate certificate in Protocols for Emotional Intervention at the End of Life contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features are:

• Practical cases presented by experts in Psycho-Oncology 
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice  
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning  
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies for psychological intervention with cancer patients  
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments  
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

Family members of patients can suffer a lot after a terminal diagnosis. Work with them to face their future grief” 

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Address your patient's beliefs to ensure their peace of mind throughout the process towards the end of their life"

At this point in the illness, intervention should focus on addressing feelings of fear, guilt and sadness"

A terminal diagnosis significantly affects patients, so certain skills are needed to help them accept the news. In this program, students will learn how to create a plan that guarantees the patient to die with dignity, encouraging them to express what they want when the time comes to leave. To this end, a series of empirical principles that address this situation will be presented, thus providing an opportunity to gain access to the work team in the oncology area of a hospital. 

Help patients understand the dying process beyond the end of vital signs" 

Module 1.  Protocols for Emotional Intervention at the End of Life

1.1. Palliative Care Objectives 
1.2. Evaluation of Suffering 
1.3. Process of Psychosocial Adaptation at the End of Life 

1.3.1. Adaptive vs. Maladaptive Reactions 

1.4. Triadic Interaction Model for Patients, Family and Healthcare Professionals 
1.5. Specific Interventions Centered on the Patient 

1.5.1. Anxiety 
1.5.2. Sadness 
1.5.3. Hostility 
1.5.4. Fear 
1.5.5. Blame 
1.5.6. Denial 
1.5.7. Withdrawal 

1.6. Specific Needs of the Family. Assessment of the Patient-Family Unit 

1.6.1. Conspiracy of Silence 
1.6.2. Family Claudication 

1.7. Interventions Oriented Towards Health Professionals 

1.7.1. Working in Multicultural Teams 
1.7.2. Prevention of Burnout Syndrome 

1.8.  Attention to the Spiritual Needs of the Patient

Know in depth the therapeutic approach that guarantees the spiritual principles of the patient and their family"