Symptom Management

Project Owner: San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine (SDHIPM)

Project Role

• Designed and developed e-learning course.

Project Purpose

• Identified methodology improvements for delivering the “Symptom Management” curriculum.
• Transformed this leader-led course into an asynchronous e-learning training.

Project Goals

• Investigate the most effective learning methodologies for delivering the “Symptom Management” curriculum.
• Recall general guidelines for symptom management.
• Demonstrate the use of tools available for symptom management.
• Recognize how non-pain symptoms affect a patient psychosocially and spiritually.
• For each of the following symptoms: Dyspnea, Nausea/Vomiting, Constipation, Diarrhea, Delirium, Anorexia, Insomnia, and  Fatigue
  • Identify what causes the symptom in an end-of-life patient.
  • Explain how to assess this symptom.
  • Describe discipline specific non-pharmacological and pharmacological management for this symptom.

Project Audience

• Nurses
• Social Workers
• Spiritual Counselors
• Pharmacy staff

Project Deliverables (Project is in the development phase)

• Ten stand-alone e-learning modules on Symptom Management (10 minutes each and covering a different symptom)
  • Each will include a scenario-based activity and assessment
  • The e-Learning is SCORM and LMS accessible