Overview
Project status: In progress
The Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) is an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, funded through the National Palliative Care Program.
The overall aims of the program are to:
- further improve the skill and confidence of the generalist workforce to work with people with palliative care needs
- provide opportunities to ensure palliative care providers across the continuum are aware of, and provide, culturally appropriate palliative care and end of life support including care preferences, spiritual requirements and bereavement expression.
More information on the Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach
- Grantor
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PEPA is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
- Research leader
- External collaborators
National PEPA staff
- Prof Patsy Yates - Project Director, QUT
- Ms Natasha Myers - PEPA National Coordinator, QUT
- Dr Mick Adams - National Coordinator of the Indigenous component of PEPA, QUT
- Dr Alexis Stockwell - Contracts Manager, QUT
- Christine Howard - National Clinical Educator, QUT
- Dr Fatemeh Adili - Senior Research Officer, QUT
- Clare Christiansen - Project Officer, QUT
State PEPA Managers
- Sue Turner - ACT PEPA Manager
- Janeen Foffani - NSW PEPA Manager
- Cindy Paardekooper - NT PEPA Manager
- Aurora Hodges - QLD PEPA Manager
- Tracey Watters - SA PEPA Manager
- Susan Rasmussen - TAS PEPA Manager
- Carol Pyke - VIC PEPA Manager
- Brooke Wilkinson - WA PEPA Manager
Aboriginal Project Officers/Consultants
- Darryl Lingwoodock - QLD
- Cherie Waight - VIC
- Beverley Derschow - NT
- Tracey Eades - WA
- Robert Dann - SA
- Sally Fitzgerald - ACT
- Jeanette James - TAS
- [Position is currently being filled] - NSW
- Organisational unit
- Lead unit Faculty of Health Other units
- Research area
- Chronic Disease, Supportive and Palliative Care
Contact
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Ms Natasha Myers - PEPA National Coordinato
Professor Patsy YatesDetails
PEPA provides an opportunity for health professionals (including GPs, nurses, allied health practitioners, aged care staff and Aboriginal health workers and liaison officers) to develop their knowledge and skills in the palliative approach to care through:
- funded clinical workforce placements or workshops
- integration of learning into their workplace
- establishing networks of support.
The PEPA learning experience helps participants:
- gain a clear understanding of principles of good palliative care
- identify the needs of their patients with life-limiting conditions
- understand the role of their discipline in managing common problems faced by palliative care patients
- recognise their own knowledge base/scope of practice in regard to optimal palliative care provision
- identify personal coping strategies for effective management of personal issues related to working in this area.
PEPA is being implemented in all Australian states and territories and applicants from rural and remote areas are encouraged to apply.
This program provides an ideal opportunity to learn from experienced specialist staff to enhance skills, knowledge and experience in the palliative approach.
