INTRODUCTION

Helping others to learn about caring for people with advanced disease has always been a fundamental part of effective palliative care.  The aim is to resource existing professionals, carers and teams with the knowledge and skills needed in their daily work. 

Many opportunities exist for learning: academic courses such as diplomas, degrees, local courses, journals and books.  There are also a variety of methods of delivery such as workshops, lectures, online degrees and online information sites.  despite this it can be difficult for carers to find time to update themselves, and tutors can find it difficult to find suitable materials to incorporate in their existing teaching.

The CLIP worksheets grew from the idea of a "coffee update".  The principle was to develop a flexible learning material that could be used over a coffee break, but could also be used in a variety of settings.

All the CLIP worksheets have been adapted as online tutorials, with permission, by Help the Hospices from Helping the Patient with Advanced Disease: a Workbook, Regnard C, ed. Radcliffe Medical Press 2004.