2025 Masterclass

This masterclass builds on learning from The Oxford Advanced Course in Pain and Symptom Management and includes new learning. It will be an interactive day.

The masterclass is undertaken in collaboration with OxCERPC and is specifically focused for staff in the South West. Join Dr Emma Frampton and Dr Mary Miller for a fabulous face to face day of networking and learning. Learning points will be supported by publications in the past 6 months providing up to the minute learning.

Chaired by Dr Emma Frampton & Dr Mary Miller

Who should attend?

The course is ideal for any Medical, Nursing or Allied Health Care Professional who care and support people who are palliative or towards the end of their life.

Course Aims

The course aims to provide participants with:

Knowledge to inform and update your practice
Knowledge that is delivered by expert speakers
Knowledge that develops between the speakers and the audience during questions and discussions
Resources that can be used over the following 12 months to develop and extend your learning
Resources that will support you to bring learning back to your workplace
Resources that will help you develop your portfolio of evidence for appraisal and revalidation
A means of ensuring your practice is at the cutting edge
Time for thinking, questions and reflection

Course details

09:00 Coffee and Registration
09:15 Welcome and Introduction
09:25 End of life care for patients with Parkinson’s disease– Dr Mary Miller
10:10 Hydration at the end of life – Dr Mary Miller
10:40 Coffee break
11:10 The care of children when their important adult is dying – Dr Jeff Hanna
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Benzodiazepines: an update– Dr Mary Miller
14:00 Breathlessness – Dr Mary Miller
14:30 Break
14:45 Cardiology – Speaker TBC
15:345 Final Remarks
16:00 Close of day