Free online learning in advance care planning

Our microlearning campaigns help health professionals, care workers and students build their knowledge and skills in advance care planning.

Each campaign:

  • takes just 10 to 30 minutes
  • includes 12 quiz questions
  • gives you explanations after each response to support learning.

After you finish a campaign, you can:

  • download a certificate of completion
  • access the training material, including the full quiz content and explanations, in the learning library.

Campaigns for individuals are available on demand. If you’re an organisation or health service, you can contact us to set up unique learning campaigns with only your participants enrolled. Email us at education@advancecareplanning.org.au

Read more about our microlearning campaigns in the Frequently asked questions [PDF 1124.67 KB].

Start our microlearning campaigns

Use the links below to access the campaigns on the Yarno platform.

Hear from our learners

Campaign 3 – Continuing the conversation

The scenarios are realistic and the consistent focus on person centred and communication is really great. It’s not too long - so it’s easy for people to start and be willing to complete.
Learner

Campaign 4 – Inclusive approaches

These campaigns are really helpful, particularly the explanations that give context to the correct and less correct options.
Learner

Support for learning

Our team members are available to support local learning activities. Email education@advancecareplanning.org.au to set up a time to discuss. Let’s work together to build knowledge and confidence in your health and aged care workforce to support advance care planning. We offer:

  • face to face and online demonstrations to introduce our activities and resources to your team
  • delivery of customised advance care planning education – face to face and online
  • assistance to adapt our learning resources to support you delivering local education.

Hear from recent workshop participants:

‘Enjoyed the case studies and walking through them’

‘Provided great insights and valuable resources’

‘Engaging and interactive’

Resources for learning

Videos on demand

We have a variety of webinars and videos covering advance care planning information and education. These are tailored to both the health and aged care workforce and the community. Visit our Advance Care Planning Australia YouTube channel to watch our videos.

Check out these playlists:

Buy printed resources

You can buy bulk packs of community resources for your workplace or clinic and support local distribution.

Communities of practice

We support opportunities for advance care planning practitioners to network and share knowledge and best practice through communities of practice.

They’re established in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. They operate with their own terms of reference, developed and endorsed by members. Each community of practice is led by one or more state-based chairs. Online meetings are held 3 to 4 times a year and face to face meetings are at the discretion of members.

Contact us if you’re interested in joining a community of practice or if you’d like to discuss creating one in another state or territory.

NOTE: This framework is under review.

Framework for education providers

This framework provides a structure to support the development of health professionals' knowledge and skills in advance care planning.

Framework overview

The framework is primarily for educators to use in vocational education and training sector training packages and university programs that prepare the health and aged care workforce.

The framework helps education providers to incorporate advance care planning into their curriculum. It aims to provide a range of education resources including online modules, lecture topics and interdisciplinary case studies that allow for simulation and role-play.

The framework outlines expected skills that a health professional would demonstrate across 5 key content areas:

  1. Communication with the person/family/carers
  2. Communication with the team
  3. Communication over time
  4. Ethics
  5. Law

Implementing the framework

A guide is available to support the implementation of the framework into courses and specialty training. The guide and supporting educational resources enable teaching staff to self-select relevant advance care planning content.

Download the Advance care planning education capability framework: implementation guide 2022 [PDF 1357.03 KB] to find out how to integrate advance care planning into your curriculum.

Download the Education Capability Framework [PDF 124.28 KB].

Case studies

Ten realistic and specific case studies have been developed for educators. They can be modified as required.

The case studies directly reflect the level one capabilities outlined in the framework. They can be used with students with a limited understanding of advance care planning.

To request access to the case studies, email education@advancecareplanning.org.au.

Support and more information

If you have any questions or need more information about advance care planning in your workplace, you can contact us.

Our National Advance Care Planning Advisory Service is open for health and aged care staff.

Call us on 1300 208 582

Email us at acpa@advancecareplanning.org.au

We're here from 8 am to 4 pm (AEST), Monday to Friday.

Order resources

We have a range of printable resources for health professionals, see our support materials or order bulk packs of community resources.

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Last updated: December 2025

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