End of Life Care: Challenges and Innovation

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Free Online Course (Audit)
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English
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$59.00 Certificate Available
Duration & workload

3 weeks long, 4 hours a week
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Level

Intermediate

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MSc End of Life Studies

Overview

Learn about new directions and the latest thinking on end of life care.

Death itself may be certain, but how we die involves many challenges. On this course, you’ll explore the care we receive when dying, cultural variations and beliefs around what makes a good death, and the planning and timing of death.

With increasingly ageing populations, we are living longer but dying more slowly. New ideas around end of life care are therefore emerging in different contexts. You will discover the patterns and global trends taking place in palliative care, and explore these new approaches from a social science and humanities perspective.

It is ideal for anybody considering taking The University of Glasgow’s MSc End of Life Studies

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You’ll also be learning from health and care experts at the University of Glasgow, recently ranked as offering the number one online healthcare course and number 14 online health and medicine course by Class Central, a search engine ranking the top online classes of all time.

This course is for people interested in or engaged in matters relating to death, dying, bereavement, palliative and end of life care.

This course will be of special interest to those working in healthcare, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health and social care professionals.

The course will also appeal to practitioners, students, researches, volunteers and policymakers in end of life care, as well as social activists and those working in artistic and cultural media who are working on end of life issues.

It is ideal for anybody considering the University of Glasgow’s MSc End of Life Studies

Syllabus

Definitions, Concepts, and the Particular Case of Hospital Dying

Welcome to the Course
Overview
Defining 'End of Life' and 'Dying'
'Good' and 'Bad' Dying
Hospital Care at End of Life
Week 1 Summary

Community Approaches to End of Life Care and Contemporary Dying

Overview
Community Palliative Care in Kerala, India
Compassionate Communities
End-of-Life Doulas
Death Café
Week 2 Summary

The Rise of Autonomy, Choice and Personalisation

Overview
Assisted Dying
Old-Age Rational Suicide
Personalised Funerals
Week 3 Summary
Course Recap

Taught by

David Clark

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Reviews

4.8 rating, based on 144 Class Central reviews

4.8 rating at FutureLearn based on 157 ratings

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Randal Oulton @RandalOulton

Just finished. This was a very interesting micro course. Not gloomy or depressing or scary at all. I can recommend it (and it's also free! ) There is a fair bit of recommended reading and very good discussion that is worth taking part in, though, so as usual take the estimated hours per week with a grain of salt.
Anonymous

This course is functional and avantgarde. It reveals the definition of good and bad death, also introduces the ideas of death trajectories in the study of week 1. I could had a basic conception of death itself and think further about how to reach a good...

This course is functional and avantgarde. It reveals the definition of good and bad death, also introduces the ideas of death trajectories in the study of week 1. I could had a basic conception of death itself and think further about how to reach a good death. Then in week 2, to show how a community will create and help for dying people and to provide best practice in different countries, I could know as an individual, where I can start to help and do something in end of life area. Finally in week 3, the focuses are on individuals’ autonomy of how to die and the development of legalization of assisted death with very updated cases. I am really interested in the degree’s courses after studying in this program. And even just studied in this free course, I’ve already renewed my concept and could seize methods in some places. It is a very valuable and diligent course.
Anonymous

Anonymous completed this course.

This is a challenging subject for everyone. My sincere thanks go to the educators and fellow learners for such a very thought-provoking opportunity, and to FL for enabling peers who wished to share their head and heart thoughts in its safe global environment. The...

This is a challenging subject for everyone. My sincere thanks go to the educators and fellow learners for such a very thought-provoking opportunity, and to FL for enabling peers who wished to share their head and heart thoughts in its safe global environment.
The course was well designed and its content was very pertinent. I found the language used in the presented sessions, especially in the 3rd week, elegant and fresh. It extended my knowledge and understanding and prompted critical reflection; it will inform both my own advance planning and my dialogue with others going forward.
I sense peers in my cohort were predominately residents across the Global North and some discussions would have been further enriched with more contributions from peers with other cultural perspectives. Also, I have thought of some additional topics I'd have liked covered, but this is a positive outcome of a very good learning experience, not a criticism. I recommend this course to those with professional and/or personal experience and interest in this time of life.
Elaine Drummond

The course encompassed all areas of the end of life There was new ideas about how end of life need not be a bad experience The Inverclyde community showed how communities can come together to make a difference to patients leaving hospital and it was similar to the Kerala project. Various settings were discussed where end of life takes place from community
hospital and hospices. New ideas were also discussed by the celebrant.
Thanks to all who put the course together
Anonymous

I really enjoyed this course and was able to relate it to both my professional and personal life. I have been telling my work colleagues about it and encouraging them to sign up.

It has made me think more about ideas of how I can encourage community palliative care support.

One thing I want to look into further is how different cultures care for loved ones at end of life and what I maybe should be mindful of when supporting people of different cultures and faiths also.
Anonymous

Interesting and thought-provoking: we were introduced to the concepts of Death Cafes and Coffin Clubs, end-of-life doulas, rational suicide and personalised funerals. A great course to take on its own, but there are PGDip, PGCert and MSc courses with this provider if you wish to take the studies further.
Anonymous

I've just completed this course and it's been fascinating. A great range of topics and all so clearly set out and easy to explore at my own pace. Lots of links to further reading and we were encouraged to engage with others on the course too.

Very tempted by the MSc! Thanks so much for all the work that's gone into this - I can't believe it's free.
Anonymous

It was a brilliant and thought-provoking course with engaging content. It provided in-depth analysis into a topic that is not talked about enough. Thank you!
Anonymous

Very well presented with clarifying and explanatory points in regard to end-of-life matters. Recommended!
Anonymous

I enjoyed this course and did find out a few things that i did not know. it was an introduction to the Degree . I would recommend this course to other nurses as well as non professionals, with its thought provoking content
Anonymous

This course tackled a very sensitive subject with just the right amount of information along with excellent examples in a variety of settings. This course should be mandatory in schools.
Anonymous

This course provides a lot of social perspectives about death and dying. From the modern medical system, such as hospital, to compassionate community, Death Café, and individual perspectives. The most important thing I learn from here is that the importance...

This course provides a lot of social perspectives about death and dying. From the modern medical system, such as hospital, to compassionate community, Death Café, and individual perspectives.

The most important thing I learn from here is that the importance of background or surrounding of thinking. When you think the huge existential question in this way, such as what is death or what is the meaning of death/ life, it would bring a lot of details which would make your response more practical than conceptual analysis. Since this method somehow assuming everything in a society is connected, it shows the power or the capacity of embracing diversity phenomenon in human society, breaking down those sound like personal issue, such as suicide, into a larger social scope.

Furthermore, the most surprising things for me is the development of the grounded theory (Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss,1967) could linked to the issue of end of life care, combining with Durkheim’s Le Suicide (1897), I guess that the development of the methods of social science might have much more fruitful meaning with studys of death and dying.
Anonymous

Anonymous completed this course.

This course is designed to give the student a wider perspective about death and other aspects associated with it. It has been a great learning experience to know about assisted suicide, the guidelines behind it. New terms like rational suicide, coffin club, personalised funeral, were very thought provoking and helped me understand ,how rest of the worlsidhandling this natural phenomenon.
Anonymous

Anonymous completed this course.

A very interesting and challenging course that opens the conversation on death and dying - a topic that needs to be talked about. The content is very relevant. I think one area that is perhaps lacking is the a section on palliative/end of life care as also a very valid choice .
Anonymous

Anonymous completed this course.

This is an excellent course. It is well-designed and progresses naturally. I learnt a lot in the course. The videos are very clearly articulated, and they have good content. The articles are also well-chosen and informative. I'd have liked some quiz or "test".
Thanks for the good course.
Carolyn Brown

Carolyn Brown completed this course.

This course enabled me to explore and reflect on many questions and experiences I have had with end of life care, death and dying, as a community occupational therapist (OT) and as a human being. I was able to challenge myself and others' ideas, yet...

This course enabled me to explore and reflect on many questions and experiences I have had with end of life care, death and dying, as a community occupational therapist (OT) and as a human being. I was able to challenge myself and others' ideas, yet also learn and grow from this course. Many ideas were congruent with my role and philosophical, theoretical and professional frames of reference as an OT.
I found that my clinical reasoning has grown and that what I have done as an , even if not a specialist OT in palliative or end of life care/hospice care, has been in line with many of the concepts outlined here, despite pressures from time, lack of resources, adapting to COVID-19 and changes to working systems, and all the other things which can affect us at this time.
You do need to be open-minded and non-judgemental to fully benefit from the course. I suspect many people may struggle with this for personal, societal, cultural and/or religious and philosophical reasons. But it is worth the struggle! I found that the things we all have to sign up and agree to when we start this course were well-outlined by the University e.g. be respectful. I found the comments and discussions by participants most enlightening and useful, even if I did not agree with them all, and certainly thought-provoking.
Anonymous

This was very sensitive and thought provoking subject about something that happens to everyone and should have complete autonomy of. Death and dying is something you very rarely think about especially when you are young and don't have any health problems...

This was very sensitive and thought provoking subject about something that happens to everyone and should have complete autonomy of. Death and dying is something you very rarely think about especially when you are young and don't have any health problems that you are aware of. I liked the ideas of death cafes and community palliative care initiatives. I think there should be more general awareness into what happens when someone dies and the different ways people can die and the effects that can have on their immediate families and communities. The topic of assisted dying etc and how it is received throughout the world gave me more of an insight area of dying in this very personal choice which is still very controversial. I would recommend this course to anyone who just wants a little more insight into this phenomenon that everyone has to go through at some point.
Anonymous

Anonymous completed this course.

I found this to be an excellent overview of contemporary issues in end of life matters. The material was easy to understand, well organized, and substantive. I highly recommend this course.
Anonymous

Anonymous completed this course.

Interesting and thought provoking course covering all aspects of dying.
Well organised content and plenty of opportunities for discussion.
Overall an excellent and highly enjoyable course
Anonymous

In this human planet. Nothing is permanent. But everything is possible for those who can see and strive. Time for everything _ a time for living and a time for dying. We all can only live at different time line of human history since the human society...

In this human planet. Nothing is permanent. But everything is possible for those who can see and strive. Time for everything _ a time for living and a time for dying. We all can only live at different time line of human history since the human society began. So, individual life is both unique and significant. No one is supposed to be living to cover the whole history even though we can read and learn from books. There are both good times and bad times throughout history. One truth remain that is all live and die. All turn up and turn off. So this course has touched on how we want to end life, or how should we terminate it. Above all the decision is left to individual to ponder and think over and over again until we could not decide what we truly know about this truth of dying.

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