Category Archives: EDUCATION & TRAINING

Palliative Care Implementation in Veterans’ Long-Term Care Facilities in Taiwan: Review of an international online seminar

Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Network for Veterans in Taiwan (IHPCNVT) hosted an international online seminar in October 2021 to discuss Palliative Care Implementation in Long-Term Care Facilities. Po-Chin Yang, Shu Kao, Hsiao-Ting Chang and Ming-Hwai Lin from the Taipei Veterans … Continue reading

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How information specialists/documentalists support the patient-carer relationship

Cliquez ici pour la version en français Caroline Tête, is an information specialist/documentalist at the Centre national des soins palliatifs et de la fin de vie (National Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care) in Paris, created by the French Ministry … Continue reading

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Approaching the end of their lives under blue lights and sirens 

Paramedics and clinicians from Canada, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom are hosting a free, international online symposium dedicated to emergency medical services and palliative care on 18 January 2022 at 15.00 CET.   Marek Uhlíř, a paramedic at the Prague Emergency … Continue reading

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Winner of the Third Leadership Award 2021: Fellowship in Palliative Care

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 17TH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE… Among several prestigious awards at the recent EAPC 17th World Congress, was the third Leadership Award presented jointly each year by the European Association for Palliative Care … Continue reading

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European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care: 20 years on and going stronger

Approaching 20,000 clinicians globally have completed a version of the European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care. Professor Max Watson, Director of Project ECHO at Hospice UK, who originated the course and helped develop it with colleagues at the Princess Alice … Continue reading

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