Essential Pain Management (EPM): Using a Palliative Approach
Winter 2024 (Online)

Eligibility Criteria/Pre-requisites

EPM has been designed to benefit and appeal to all classes of nurses who care for adults living with life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses. EPM is designed to allow you to set your own learning pace as you enhance foundational knowledge, interact with evidence-informed tools and resources to complete case-based activities, and engage in one or more coaching sessions designed to be responsive to your individual pain-related learning needs.

Why EPM

• Peer-reviewed, evidence-informed and up-to-date course content
• Facilitation and mentorship by experienced local palliative care nurse consultants
• Successful completion of EPM prepares learners to meet the palliative care competencies for Nurses as outlined in the Ontario Palliative Care Competency Framework and Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Competency Framework.

Course Overview

The focus of this online course is the Pharmacological Management of Pain. 

Pain assessment, management, and evaluation are foundational skills for nurses working in any practice setting.

Since these skills are often not thoroughly covered in nursing programs, the EPM course aims to equip nurses with a foundational knowledge base and skills around pain management, from a palliative care approach, that can be applied to your practice.

Course Details

EPM Course

This online course is provided using D2L’s Brightspace Learning Environment.  You will be required to use a computer, tablet, or smart phone with a microphone & camera to allow for two-way communication between coaches and peers. For more details, please review:

• EPM Content & Objectives
• Technology Requirements

You will have a minimum of six weeks to complete the course. To receive an EPM certificate, you must:

• complete the four modules online and
• attend one 90-minute, mandatory online coaching session (see coaching session dates below)

The option to engage in multiple coaching sessions is left to your discretion.

Optional Module

Advanced Approaches to Manage Pain Preparation (AMP) 

Following EPM, you will have automatic access to the online AMP Preparation Module to explore advanced pain management.

Following successful completion of the AMP Preparation module, and the AMP module quiz, you’ll earn your AMP Preparation badge. 

At that time, you will be invited to register for the 3-hour, in-person AMP coaching session.

To receive an AMP certificate, you must complete:

• the online AMP Preparation Module
• one mandatory 3-hour, in-person, AMP coaching session with case-based activities to practice your skills

Available EPM Course 

Winter 2024 Online EPM Course

Three working days before the course start date, you will be contacted by Brightspace with login details for the learning platform. 

Course Enrollment:  Feb 12 - Apr 29, 2024

Cost $40

Available Coaching Session Dates:  Beginning on February 27, 2024
Once logged into the EPM course, learners will be able to see available dates in the course calendar

For more information, please contact hpcinfo@hospicewaterloo.ca