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The three-year Erasmus+ programme titled ELPIS: Palliative Care Online Education for International Students (2021-1-IT02-KA220-HED-000023205) has produced learning materials suitable for online teaching.

These innovative educational resources on palliative medicine were designed for undergraduate medical students in six languages - English, German, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and Hungarian. The University of Pécs Medical School Hospice-Palliative Department participated as a Hungarian partner in this project. In collaboration with other institutes and clinics, 12 lecturers contributed to the development of the educational materials, which cover the following topics:

BASICS OF PALLIATIVE CARE

Agnes Csikos MD, PhD, Med. Habil (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care, UP Clinical Centre Department of Oncotherapy)

PAIN MANAGEMENT IN END-OF-LIFE CARE

Daniel Kurthy MD (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care)

SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT: RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS

Ildiko Radvanyi MD (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care)

SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT: GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS

Nora Szigeti MD, PhD (UP Clinical Centre 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrological Center, UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care)

ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND LEGAL ISSUES AT THE END OF LIFE

Csilla Busa PhD (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care)

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING

Agnes Csikos MD, PhD, Med. Habil (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care, UP Clinical Centre Department of Oncotherapy)

Csilla Busa PhD (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care)

PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF PALLIATIVE CARE

Monika Forgacs-Menyhert (UP Clinical Centre Department of Oncotherapy, UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care)

Edit Virag (UP Clinical Centre Department of Oncotherapy)

Csilla Busa PhD (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care)

END-OF-LIFE CARE IN THE PATIENT’S HOME

            Miklos Lukacs (UP Clinical Centre Palliative Care Consultation Team)

Katalin Takacs MD (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care)

PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN

             Gabor Ottoffy MD, PhD (UP Clinical Centre PaediatricsClinic Department of                         Hematology-Oncology)

DEMENTIA AND PALLIATIVE CARE

Szilvia Heim MD, PhD (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Family Medicine)

COMMUNICATION WITH SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Agnes Csikos MD, PhD, Med. Habil (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care, UP Clinical Centre Department of Oncotherapy)

Eva Pozsgai MD, PhD, Med. Habil (UP Medical School Institute of Primary Health Care Department of Hospice-Palliative Care, UP Medical School Department of Public Health Medicine)

The learning materials are available at the following link:

https://www.unav.edu/web/atlantes-global-observatory-of-palliative-care/monitoring/projects