Palliative Care Foundation Training for Pharmacists
Palliative Care Foundation Training for Pharmacists
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia will develop and implement a Palliative Care Foundation Training Program for Australian registered pharmacists. This training program is not intended to prepare pharmacists to specialise in palliative care, but rather to broadly upskill and equip pharmacists with the foundation knowledge, skills and compassion needed to provide palliative care support to patients through quality use of medicines.
The course will be launched during National Palliative Care Week in May 2025 and will be available free of charge to pharmacists in all practice settings by means of online, self-directed learning. In 2025/2026 PSA will then pilot over a 12-month period, 6 new models of community palliative care pharmacist roles in different settings.
The vision for the pilot program is to revolutionise the quality of palliative care in a diverse range of settings, especially for underserved populations who currently face additional barriers accessing palliative care.