Breaking Bad News and Grief Management for Bereaved Family Members

Code: ENF16139O

1 ECTS

Duration: 2 weeks/26 hours

Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

3. Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

1. Communicate bad news empathetically, ethically and in a structured manner;
2. Identify and differentiate between normal, anticipatory and complicated grief;
3. Apply evidence-based therapeutic interventions;
4. Integrate self-care practices and resilience strategies;
5. Prevent emotional burnout among professionals in grief-related settings.

? Ethical and communicational foundations in breaking bad news
? Sudden, unexpected or traumatic death: impact on family members and the role of healthcare professionals
? Grief processes and typologies
? Therapeutic interventions to support bereaved individuals
? Promotion of self-care and resilience in grief
? Designing intervention plans adapted to clinical practice

Teaching Methods

The course is delivered entirely through synchronous distance learning (videoconference), with live interactive sessions. The methodology includes brief theoretical input, discussion of real clinical cases, guided role-play, group sharing and critical reflection on professional experience.
This course, supported by the MedTech-Next Project, incorporated the use of advanced technological resources, namely digital environments and technological platforms applied to training.

Assessment

Development of a structured intervention plan for breaking bad news and grief support, based on a clinical case, and supported by up-to-date scientific literature on the topic.