Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) – Clinical Mentorship for a PEPA placement

Mentoring is defined as a relationship between an experienced and a less experienced person in which the mentor provides guidance, advice, support and feedback to the mentee to support their future experience and growth.

This workshop is designed for palliative care health professionals working in PEPA/IPEPA  Host Sites who wish to become a PEPA/IPEPA  mentor, and share their palliative care knowledge with others and further develop their mentoring skills.

Following the workshop, participants should be able to identify principles for culturally safe, supportive mentoring in the context of palliative care.

For those who may have been PEPA/IPEPA Mentors in the past (Prior to July 1st 2022) this workshop will act as a refresher program to ensure your ongoing professional development as a PEPA/IPEPA Mentor.

All those wishing to act as a PEPA Host Site Mentor for their workplace in Victoria, need to complete the online Mentor module and attend one of the regularly scheduled PEPA Mentor training workshops in order to do so, unless they can provide evidence of completing a substantive training program in Mentoring or education that can be considered equivalent.

This is essential to ensure that participants in PEPA/IPEPA placements have support and resources from our Host Sites to get the best learning outcomes possible. PEPA Victoria is committed to ensuring ongoing professional development and learning opportunities for Host Site Mentors within our quality framework. All registered Host Site Mentors will receive a certificate and PEPA Mentor badge on completion of both the module and the workshop and will be invited to join the Host Site Mentor Community of Practice which meets on Teams bimonthly.

We look forward to offering more development opportunities for Host Site Mentors as guided by the members of the Community of Practice.

Topics

• Culturally responsive mentoring practices
• Communication skills
• Feedback skills
• Reflective skills

Target audience:

Palliative care professionals working in specialist palliative care services at a PEPA/IPEPA Host Site

Facilitator:

Kerrie Cunningham: Kerrie has been working in palliative care and providing education for over 20 years, across a variety of settings, including rural remote Australia and metropolitan Melbourne. Kerrie is dedicated to helping enhance and enrich health professionals understanding of palliative care, which in turn leads to improved patient and family outcomes.

Cost:    Free (morning tea and lunch provided)

Enquires: PEPA Administration Officer: pepa@svha.org.au

If you have registered and find you are unable to attend, please advise as soon as possible, as these workshops are in high demand and your place can be offered to another participant. If you do not advise and don’t attend, you will incur an administration fee. Thank you for your understanding.