Essential Pain Management: Using a Palliative Approach (EPM)

Online Course

Over six weeks, local palliative nurse consultant coaches work with EPM learners to provide foundational knowledge and skills in pain assessment, management and evaluation from a palliative care approach.

The focus of the course is on the pharmacological management of pain which can them be applied to practice.

Thinking about taking  EPM?

We are able to offer affordable, quality, and high-value palliative care courses for health care providers, in Waterloo Wellington, due to government subsidies received by our program. Click on the “+” signs below to reveal more course details.

If it has been more than five years since you last took an EPM course, you may consider re-taking it, due to continuous changes in hospice and palliative care.

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. 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. The four Modules to be covered include:

  • Module 1: Laying the Foundation
  • Module 2: Understanding Pain
  • Module 3: Assessment
  • Module 4: Approaches to Pain Management
    • 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 allows 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.

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

    Optional

    Advanced Approaches to Manage Pain (AMP) Preparation  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>
    Cost: $40.00

    The course fee:

    • includes EPM and the additional AMP Module Preparation
    • is non-refundable
    • Full Participation is mandatory to receive a certificate.
    • Course/Class Cancellations/Changes - Learn more>
    • Course IPAQ Requirements - Learn more>

    Available Availability & Registration Information

    Printable Flyers

    Pre-requisite: Must be an NP, RN or RPN


    On Sep 9th, you will be contacted by Brightspace with login details for the learning platform. 

    EPM Course  Fall 2024 Important EPM Dates
    Course Enrollment Sep 9 – Nov 29, 2024
    Sign Up Now 
    Coaching Session Dates Begin on Oct 8, 2024 – Once logged into the EPM course, learners will be able to see available dates in the course calendar.
    Course Work Must be
    Completed    		  Jan 30, 2025



    On Sep 9th, you will be contacted by Brightspace with login details for the learning platform. 

    EPM Course
    Winter 2024    		 Important EPM Dates
    Course Enrollment Feb 17 – May 5, 2025
    Sign Up Now
    Coaching Session Dates Begin on Mar 17 – Once logged into the EPM course, learners will be able to see available dates in the course calendar.
    Course Work Must be Completed  Jun 30, 2025

    The next EPM course is coming in Fall 2025