1. Sue White South West e-Learning Project Officer sue.white@e-lfh.org.uksue.white@e-lfh.org.uk / sue@sweolc.co.uksue@sweolc.co.uk http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/media/45382/end_of_life_care_project_summary.pdf

2.  e-ELCA (End of Life Care for All) is an online course commissioned by DoH and Delivered through e-LfH in partnership with the Association for Palliative Medicine of GB and Ireland to support the implementation of the Department of Health's national End of Life Care Strategy (July 2008).

3.  It consists of 156 individual interactive sessions in 8 modules – 4 of which are considered core, 1 on integrating learning and 3 specialised areas, Social care, Bereavement and Spirituality CORE MODULES  Advanced Care Planning (ACP)  Assessment  Communication Skills  Symptom Management  Integrating Learning SPECIALIST MODULES  Social Care  Bereavement  Spirituality

4.  e-ELCA can be used in various ways – for some people – sessions can be linked into courses to meet the needs of a specific job role.  In this instance, the individual sessions can be used to support elements of your Syllabus Content including:  End of Life Care strategy familiarisation  Care of the dying, palliative to the terminal phase transition  Advanced Care Planning (ACP) & MDT  Communication Skills  Loss and bereavement.  The impact of life limiting conditions on patients, carers and professionals

5.  How you access ELCA depends on where you work, for the purposes of supporting the Module “Specialist Approaches to Palliative Care and Care of the Dying”  We can arrange access to e-ELCA through e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/home/

6.  South west project – operational since Aug 2011  Offer various methods of support on e-ELCA and Dementia, incorporating relevant sessions within other courses  Producing Learning Pathways and quizzes  Working with Trusts to assist most appropriate way of accessing the learning – eLfH, NLMS – and working with MLE user Trusts

7. Liz Rees, Project Manager liz.rees@westonhospicecare.org.uk Telephone: 01934 423 966 Sue White, Project Officer sue.white@e-lfh.org.uksue.white@e-lfh.org.uk / sue@sweolc.co.uksue@sweolc.co.uk Telephone: 01792 899 792 / 07966 509 322 SWEOLC Project website www.sweolc.co.uk E-ELCA course summary http://support.e-lfh.org.uk/e-lfh-support-home/ elca.support@e-lfh.org.uk