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Education for Psychologists in Palliative Care – an EAPC Task Force
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Aims and Objectives
Psychologists are an important professional group in palliative care and undertake different types of work, such as direct patient and family consultation, education, management, staff support, and/or research. However, their role, their core competencies and their professional identity in palliative care in many European countries is not very well established, yet. Therefore, our primary aim is to gather information on the situation of psychologists in palliative care in different European countries. Further aims are the definition of core competences for psychologists working in palliative care in Europe, as well as the development of a framework for core curricula for psychologists working in different areas of palliative care. We invite you to read more about the background for this task force in the newly published article “The EAPC Task Force on Education for Psychologists in Palliative Care”. Since we have started this initiative, we have received an overwhelming response from psychologists from all over Europe who have offered their support and made valuable contributions and suggestions for our activities. We would like to express our sincere thanks for this resonance.
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