Category Archives: EDUCATION & TRAINING

WeCare Festival: Living to the end – International Festival of Creative Representations of the End of Life

Posted on July 31, 2017 by

HAGA CLIC AQUÍ PARA OBTENER LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL The WeCare Chair: End of Life Care, a research group based at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain, has launched a call for creative expressions in the form of films, stories … Continue reading →

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How to assess and address the wish to hasten death in daily clinical practice – the 4th International WeCare workshop

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

HAGA CLIC AQUÍ PARA OBTENER LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL Cristina Monforte-Royo and Josep Porta-Sales, WeCare: End of Life Care research group, Barcelona, Spain, describe how their international workshop links research to clinical practice WeCare: End of Life Care is a … Continue reading →

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Palliative care: Making it work – New MOOC launches

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

Dr Nancy Preston and Dr Sean Hughes, International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, UK, explain how a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has provided free online training for health and social care workers, patients, carers and academics … Continue reading →

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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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PALLIATIVE CARE FROM DIAGNOSIS TO DEATH

Posted on April 7, 2017 by

Cliquez ici pour la traduction française. Klicken Sie hier für die deutsche Übersetzung. CELEBRATING WORLD HEALTH DAY, 7 APRIL 2017 . . . Scott A Murray, Sébastien Moine, Jordi Amblàs-Novellas and Kirsty Boyd, members of the EAPC Primary Care Reference … Continue reading →

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WeCare chair: End of Life Care research group celebrates third anniversary

Posted on December 16, 2016 by

In June 2016, WeCare chair celebrated its achievements of the past three years with a special course led by Dr Keith Wilson from Canada. Josep Porta-Sales, Director, Cristina Monforte-Royo, Co-director, and Albert Balaguer, Coordinator, explain.  WeCare chair: End of Life … 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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