The College is pleased to share this online training program, which is offered by the Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative.

End of Life Law for Clinicians (ELLC) is a free training program for paramedics and other health professionals about the law relating to end-of-life decision-making. It seeks to improve paramedics’ knowledge and awareness of the law at end of life, and support their practice. ELLC is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health.

ELLC comprises 11 free online training modules, totalling 8.5 hours.

Topics covered:

• The role of law in end-of-life care
• Capacity and consent to medical treatment
• Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment
• Advance Care Planning and Advance Care Directives
• Substitute decision-making for medical treatment
• Legal protection for administering pain and symptom relief
• Children and end-of-life decision-making
• Futile or non-beneficial treatment
• Emergency treatment for adults
• Managing conflict
• Voluntary assisted dying.

Please note: This course is offered by an external provider. After you enrol, please click the start button to be redirected to the provider's website. You will then need to create an account on the provider's website to access the course.