BERTIE - Better lives for residents though innovative education

A package of 20 self-paced learning modules. FREE to all residential aged care workers across Victoria and accessible via the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. 

Orientation to End-of-Life Care

Learn more about the delivery of end-of-life care and the importance of your role for people dying in hospitals.

Includes action checklists and resources with links to videos, blogs, podcasts and further reading to help you maintain knowledge on end-of-life care and facilitate discussion and engagement at work.

All modules are hosted on the Learning Management System; you only need to register once.

Voluntary Assisted Dying in Acute Hospitals

To maintain respectful, empathetic, and professional patient care, healthcare professionals can undertake specialised VAD training, stay up-to-date on local policies, and be well-prepared to engage with patients on what could be a sensitive topic. 

Dementia Essentials: Provide support to people living with dementia

This course is highly structured, combining theory and practical components for an engaging learning experience. Participants receive ongoing support from experienced facilitators throughout the program.

As this is a nationally recognised course, participants will need to complete questions, practical tasks and a third-party checklist successfully to obtain the Statement of Attainment.

Offered as fully online, face-to-face, online via a virtual classroom – or a combination of both.

Fully funded

Palliative Care Short Courses

Certificate in Palliative Care (10 weeks online - start anytime): Provides an overview and introduction to best practice end-of-life care. Structured to meet the needs of those caring for people with palliative care needs or at the end of life. It is open to health care professionals, undergraduates, diploma-qualified and unregistered support workers.

Specialist Certificate in Palliative Care (13 weeks online  - commences March or July 2025): Provides an overview of best practices and the opportunity to develop knowledge of the palliative approach to care. Structured to meet the needs of those interested in further study but are unsure if they want to complete a postgraduate course.

PalliAged: Online Courses

PalliAged provides access to a number of courses relevant to providing care for older people with palliative care needs. 

Dementia Australia Leadership Programs

Dementia Australia Leadership and Practice Change education programs build leadership skills within the aged and community care sectors.
These Australian Government-funded courses form part of Dementia Training Australia.

Paediatric Palliative Care Education Hub

PPCEH is a collaboration between the Paediatric Palliative Care National Action Plan project and the Quality of Care Collaborative Australia (QuoCCA) project, delivering a range of paediatric palliative care education modules for health professionals.

LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Palliative Care eLearning

This FREE eLearning aims to increase healthcare providers’ confidence in providing LGBTIQ+ inclusive palliative care. Learning topics are explored across four 1-hour modules. 

VCCC Alliance Centre for Cancer Education (Learning Hub)

Inclusive end of life decision making for diverse populations 

The End of Life Law for Clinicians national training program has launched a free online training module to help health professionals understand relevant legal considerations when caring for people from diverse populations at the end of life.

Equip Aged Care Learning Packages

FREE Entry-level modules for those new to the sector and refresher-level content for those familiar with aged care will cover a range of aged care-related topics.

The Essence of Spiritual Care

The Essence of Spiritual Care eLearning module on Spirituality in Health and Palliative Care has been developed to support health professionals in their understanding of spiritual care and how to benefit the people and families in their care and also their own wellbeing.

PCC4U Learning Modules: 

Core Modules: Four case-based learning modules to support the achievement of the graduate capabilities in palliative care.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and end-of-life law: The End-of-Life Law for Clinicians national training program has a free online training module for all health professionals about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and end-of-life law.

Doctors' Die-logues

A series of thought-provoking masterclasses, featuring healthcare leaders from Singapore and Australia who reflect on early experiences and share personal anecdotes and insights that have shaped their perspectives over time.

Palliative Care Webinar recordings

• Annual Lecture 2023: The Economics of Palliative Care
• Annual Lecture 2022: Past, present, and possibilities: Using evidence to inform the future of volunteering across palliative care
• Public Health Palliative Care: a shifting healthcare paradigm bringing benefit to people, communities and healthcare services
• Enhancing support for family carers of people with serious illness
• Advance Care Planning: Is it worth doing?

Paediatric Palliative Care Podcasts & Videos

Paediatric Palliative Care has gathered videos and podcasts designed to help families and health professionals access quality information as they care for an infant, child or young person with a life limiting condition.

Webinar recordings: PCA Connect

PCA Connect is a project that supports health professionals, volunteers, and carers with some of the most challenging conversations about palliative care and dementia.

Diversity Webinar recordings

The Diversity Webinar series includes a range of topics relevant to culturally safe and inclusive practice and is designed in response to topics requested from staff working in the aged care sector. Recordings and slides from past presentations are available.

Webinar recording: Advance Care Planning and Dementia

This webinar and Q&A are tailored for people living with dementia and their carers, and explores how to effectively prepare and plan for future healthcare decisions. 

Webinar recordings: Grief Australia

Grief Australia is the largest provider of grief and bereavement education in Australia and has been providing support for bereaved and grieving Australians for more than 20 years. Webinars are available for purchase.

Webinars for the aged care sector

The Department of Health and Aged Care provides webinars on various topics relevant to the aged care sector.

Webinar recording: Demystifying Community Palliative Care Medications

Hosted by Kathryn Bennett, Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner at Eastern Palliative Care. 

Webinar recording: Enhancing communication in Dementia Support

This Dementia Australia webinar is for anyone providing direct care to a person living with dementia. It covers challenges in communication and includes a discussion of practical strategies for supporting effective communication.

National Mental Health Webinar Series recordings

Improving mental health for older people in Residential Aged Care Services

• Ep 1: Accessing Mental Health Services for Older People: Who should I call for help?
• Ep 2: Wellness and Social Inclusion
• Ep 3: Depression Recognition and Management 

Webinar recording: Grief and Neurodiversity

This Dementia Australia webinar is for professionals working with neurodivergent populations & support professionals working with neurodivergent clients with recent or previously unresolved grief. Purchase for $75 ($50 for GA members)

Webinar recording: Talking with families about care at the end of life

ELDAC webinar hosted by Dr Lenore de la Perrelle builds understanding about why it is important to talk with families about end-of-life to meet the needs of the person being cared for. Speakers include Dr Kristin Bindley, UTS; Dr Raechel Damarell, CareSearch and Dr Priyanka Vandersman, ELDAC.

Webinar recording: Setting the Standard - a deep dive into the updated National Palliative Care Standards for Specialist Palliative Care

The National Palliative Care Standards are a set of voluntary standards intended to guide healthcare providers in delivering high-quality palliative care for the person receiving care, their family, and their carers. They have been informed by the review of evidence and consultations nationally across the healthcare sector.

This webinar is an opportunity to learn about the latest updates to the standards.  A panel of sector leaders provide a comprehensive overview and explore practical strategies for applying them in everyday practice.

• Sabina Clapham RN, MN – Acting Director, PCOC
• Dr Mark Boughey - Director of Palliative Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital
• Claudia Virdun RN, PhD, MSc, BN (Hons), FACN - Senior Lecturer, Palliative & End of Life Care, Flinders University

Webinar recording: Grief and loss in the disability sector

North and West Metro Region Palliative Care Consortium share their webinar about grief and loss in the disability sector, presented by Meg Moorhouse, Bereavement Counsellor at Melbourne City Mission Palliative Care.

Seminars in Ageing program

Free online recordings from NARI’s online Seminars in Ageing program. These present the most recent evidence in ageing and aged care for researchers and clinicians.

Seminar recording: Insights into palliative care biography program

Dr Karly Edgar studied the Eastern Palliative Care Biography Program for three years. In this seminar, Karly presents parts of her research including interview extracts and research poetry.

Thursdays@3

A podcast & video series with conversations with experts from the field and people living and working at the end of life.  Palliative Care Australia opens up the conversation about the last taboo - death and dying. It's a difficult conversation to have, but it is crucial and empowering.

Series 3 / Episode 5: Palliative Care and VAD sit absolutely side by side (Andrew Denton - Go Gentle Australia)

Video Podcast Series: Grief Tending

A series of video podcast interviews with grief practitioners from around the world speaking about caring and loving those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and grief. The series offers education, support and insight for people who are (or will be) in a caregiving role to anyone who is grieving and is relevant for both professional and non-professional care givers.

Advance Care Planning Australia

Advance care planning helps to ensure loved ones and health providers know what matters most to the patient and respects the treatment preferences. Law for Community Workers is a podcast series produced by Legal Aid NSW's Community Legal Education team, aiming to keep community workers up-to-date with legal topics and changes to the law.

Everyone Dies

Every living thing will die.  There are three reasons that people die: it is because they are very very sick, very very hurt (injured) or very very old. Dr. Marianne Matzo, FAAN and Charlie Navarrette explore our culture’s perception of death through time and how we deal with the ultimate finality of life.

Don't Be Caught Dead: The Future of Funerals

Listen to soul-stirring stories told by people who have experienced the death of a loved one. Learn from interviews with experts in the deathcare industry, from funeral directors to trauma cleaners.

Integrative Palliative Podcast

Designed to help physicians guide families facing serious illness to physical and emotional well-being. Physicians will find insights, skills and knowledge with attention to self-care. Hosted by integrative palliative medicine physician, Dr. Delia Chiaramonte.

Dead Curious: How Can We Do Death and Dying Better? Podcast

An SBS Audio podcast hosted by Anthony Levin and Nadine J. Cohen and speaking to people whose life's work is helping to build a better understanding of death.

Hold the Moment

Hold the Moment, a podcast from Dementia Australia is full of real stories about life after a dementia diagnosis. You’ll be guided by hosts Jim Rogers, who lives with younger onset dementia and journalist Hamish Macdonald, whose father has dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s.