Category Archives: European Palliative Care Academy

Death and dying training for Fire Services in Spain

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

Dr Juan Pablo Leiva, a palliative care consultant at the Hospital of Manacor in Mallorca-Balearic Islands, Spain, explains what inspired him to develop a training course for local firefighters as part of his coursework with the European Palliative Care Academy … Continue reading →

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EUPCA – Teamwork in Palliative Care

Posted on December 12, 2016 by

The European Palliative Care Academy (EUPCA) has just completed its third course week in Gdansk, Poland. Course leaders, Rev Dr Piotr Krakowiak, UMK University of Toruń, and Anna Janowicz, Hospice Foundation, Gdansk, describe some of the high points of the … Continue reading →

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Making positive change in palliative care: EUPCA/EAPC launches Leadership Award

Posted on September 19, 2016 by

Gerrit Frerich and Heather Graham from the European Academy of Palliative Care Coordinating Office explain the importance of a new leadership award on behalf of the European Academy of Palliative Care in collaboration with the European Association for Palliative Care. … Continue reading →

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European Palliative Care Academy 2015-17: Building up leadership competencies

Posted on April 6, 2016 by

A second cohort of students has begun this innovative course that aims to develop future leaders in palliative care. Heather Graham and Gerrit Frerich, European Palliative Care Academy Coordinating Office, and Jonathan Koffman, Cicely Saunders Institute at King’s College London, … Continue reading →

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Leadership starts here. And with us

Posted on May 8, 2015 by

Louise Baker and Gerrit Frerich celebrate the graduation of the first students of the European Palliative Care Academy and invite you to meet the team at the 14th EAPC World Congress in Copenhagen this week. “The EAPC needs you. Stand up. Get involved!” … Continue reading →

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Leading the way in European palliative care: A student’s view

Posted on March 13, 2014 by

PLEASE COMPLETE THE EAPC SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES ONLINE SURVEY.  Niamh Finucane, Senior Social Worker, St Francis Hospice, Dublin, Ireland, is among the first cohort of students on an innovative palliative care leadership course. She explains what the course means to her. … Continue reading →

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Leading the way in European palliative care

Posted on March 3, 2014 by

PLEASE COMPLETE THE EAPC SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES ONLINE SURVEY.  The first Leadership Course of the European Palliative Care Academy got off to a flying start in Cologne in September. Gerrit Frerich and Heather Graham, Coordinating Office, Centre for Palliative Care, University … Continue reading →

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