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Multi-professional Week in Palliative Care: Five Days of Intensive Tutoring in Clinical Palliative and End of Life Care
Event Location: St Christopher's Hospice, London, England
Date of Event: 12-16 May 2008
Event Description: This established course provides an opportunity for health and social care professionals from a variety of settings and countries to work together on exploring the key principles of palliative care and multi-professional working. It will enable members to develop greater confidence in the practice of their palliative care skills within their own clinical areas, and in multi-professional teams.
Contact Information & Registration: Cost £700 includes lunch, drinks and Monday evening meal.
For full information, programme and to register, visit our web site: www.stchristophers.org.uk/education
Contact: Education Administrator
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5th Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)
Location: Trondheim, Norway
Radisson SAS Royal Garden Hotel and Conference Centre
Date: May 29-31, 2008
For registration and general information:
http://www.eapcnet.org/Research2008/Index.html
Certificate Course in Essentials of Palliative Care 2008
Name of Sponsor: Indian Association of Palliative Care
Event Location: Various Regional Centers in India
Date of Event: June 1, 2008 - November 1, 2008
Event Description: A basic course in Palliative Care for Doctors and Nurses addressing Concepts of Palliative Care, Communication Skills, Care of the Elderly, Terminal Care, Community Participation, Management of difficult physical symptoms in advanced diseases.
Information & Registration:
Contact Name: Dr Suresh Kumar
Email: Click Here
Event Website: http://www.palliativecare.in/course.htm
'Become an EPEC Trainer Conference
Name of Sponsor: The EPEC Project & Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Event Location: Austin, TX, USA
Date of Event: June 6-8, 2008
Event Description: We invite physicians and other medical professionals to deepen their skills in palliative care as well as become a certified EPEC Trainer.
Visit www.epec.net for a complete list of conference goals and objectives.
Contact Information & Registration: Conference Fee:
Early Registration: $795 before May 6th
Regular Registration: $895 after May 6th
Register by calling 312-503-3732, e-mailing , or visiting www.epec.net
Contact: Tara Scavelli
10th WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY
Name of Sponsor: INTERNATIONAL PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY SOCIETY
Event Location: MADRID, SPAIN
Date of Event: JUNE 9-13, 2008
Event Description: CONGRESS THEME: ADVANCING CULGTURALLY-DIVERSE APPROACHES IN PSYCHOONCOLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE
This is the tenth world congress of psycho-oncology which has two main objectives: palliative care and facilitating participation of latin american professionals. The congress attracts professionals from nearly 40 countries, representing different disciplines working in the field of oncology. It is the first time it is celebrated in Spain, which we hope, will facilitate Latin American participation.
Congress Chair: Maria Die Trill, PhD.
Contact Information & Registration:
Information and registration can be obtained through the International Psycho-Oncology Societyu´s website: www.ipos-society.org
Contact Name: Jen Alluisi
Email: Click Here
Event Website: http://www.ipos-society.org
DÉCIMO PRIMERO Y DECIMOSEGUNDO CURSOS CLÍNCICOS A DISTANCIA DE CUIDADO PALIATIVO
Name of Sponsor: Programa Argentino de Medicina Paliativa-Fundación FEMEBA; IAHPC; ALCP; WPCA; Universidad de Calgary y Alberta Cancer Board, Canadá
Event Location: LATINOAMÉRICA
Date of Event: 28 DE JUNIO Y 27 DE SEPTIEMBRE
Event Description: Para 25 médicos/as y enfermeros/as de atención primaria.
Curso de 11 semanas de actividad en línea, con actividad clínica optativa en la UCP del Hospital B. Sommer (General Rodríguez, Provincia de Bs. As.) y/o la UCP del Hospital E. Tornú (Capital Federal).
Docentes: S. Bunge, C. Cullen, G. Mamanna, M. Minatel, A. Rodríguez, e invitados especiales.
Contact Information & Registration: Carolina Monti
Correo-e: paliativo.femeba@gmail.com
SEGUNDO CURSO A DISTANCIA DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN CUIDADO PALIATIVO. “Apreciación critica de la literatura científica”
Name of Sponsor: Programa Argentino de Medicina Paliativa-Fundación FEMEBA; IAHPC; ALCP; WPCA; Universidad de Calgary y Alberta Cancer Board, Canadá
Event Location: Latinoamérica
Date of Event: 1º de Julio, 2008
Event Description: Para 20 profesionales de la salud; 5 meses de actividad en línea con actividad práctica optativa.
Docentes: J. Eisenchlas y M. Khoury.
Contact Information & Registration:
Programa Argentino de Medicina Paliativa
Carolina Monti
Correo-e: paliativo.femeba@gmail.com
XVII International AIDS Conference
Sponsored by The International AIDS Society
August 3-8, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico
Event Description: advocacy, lobby, sharing expereinces,discuss way of improving key humanitarian issues and topics with much emphasis on human rights, gender equalily, health education,learnt more about care,support,treaments, preventernce,homebase .caregive, conceslling
Contact Information & Registration: we practical approach that will unleash and nurture the human capacity to create, collborate and change positively, the world at large.
Contact Name: Rukia Ahmed Farah
For registration and Information: http://www.aids2008.org/
Creating possibilities: an international palliative care workshop
Event Location: Singapore
Date of Event: 15-16 August 2008
Event Description: A two day workshop designed for experienced clinicians to provide an opportunity to debate contemporary challenges in providing palliative care services. Contemporary approaches to care, leadership, education and research will be addressed.
Contact Information & Registration: This workshop is a collaboration between University of Southampton, UK and Dover Park Hosice, Singapore.
For further information, please contact Dr Sue Duke at the e-mail address below.
Contact Name: Dr Sue Duke
Email: Click Here
12th World Congress on Pain
Sponsored by:The International Association for the Study of Pain
Date Of Event: August 17 - 22, 2008
Event Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
For information and registration: www.iasp-pain.org/2008Congress.htm
Hospice and Palliative Care in Developing Countries
Event Location – UC San Francisco – Fresno, CA Campus USA
Date August 26-27, 2008
Descrition – Unique opportunity for healthcare professional interested in serving in Developing Countries. Physician and Healthcare professionals describe the application of Hospice and Palliative Care in rural African settings.
Event Website – www.hindshospice.org
World Cancer Congress
Sponsored by the International Union Against Cancer
August 27-31, 2008
Geneva, Switzerland
For information and registration: http://www.uicc-congress08.org/
Singapore Palliative Care Conference 2008
Event Location: RELC International Hotel, Singapore
Date of Event: August 29-30, 2008
Event Description: The Singapore Palliative Care Conference 2008 is a national gathering for healthcare workers who are involved or interested in the end-of-life care. The conference aims to address the different issues and challenges that healthcare workers, patients and their families will face when making choices in palliative care.
Contact Information & Registration: The SPCC2008 Conference Secretariat
c/o Conference Management Unit - NHG College
National Healthcare Group
6 Commonwealth Lane
#06-01 GMTI Building
Singapore 149547
DID: + (65) 6496 6849
Fax: + (65) 6496 6853
Contact: The SPCC Conference Secretariat
Email: Click Here
Event Website: www.spcc2008.com.sg
17th International Congress on Palliative Care
Date: September 23-26, 2008
Location: Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Canada
http://www.pal2006.com/
Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) Conference
Event Location: Darwin, NT, Australia
Date of Event: 24 - 27 September 2008
Event Description: The conference is the 8th Biennial Conference which has been designed to have something for everyone in Palliative Medicine - from full time practitioners in the area, to general practitioners, to those who work in related medical specialties.
Contact Information & Registration:
ANZSPM Conference
24 - 27 September 2008
Holiday Inn Esplanade
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Tel: +61 2 4973 6573
Fax: +61 2 4973 6609
Contact Name: Alicia White
Contact Email: Click Here
Event Website: http://www.willorganise.com.au/anzspm08
12th Annual Interdisciplinary Approach to Symptom Control, Palliative and Hospice Care Conference
Name of Sponsor: U. T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Event Location: Houston, TX
Date of Event: Oct 3-4, 2008
Description: Caring for the cancer patient in the advanced stage of illness is particularly challenging to the healthcare team. It requires attending to the many dimensions of care including medical, psychosocial, ethical and spiritual needs. This is the 12th year of the conference. It continues to be important to provide educational updates in the field of palliative and hospice care which includes pain, othe symptom management and end-of-life issues. This conference will provide participants with practical information with which to better care for patients with advanced cancer and other illnesses and their families.
Contact Information & Registration: Event will be held at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Robert C. Hickey Auditorium, 11th Floor, R. Lee Clark Clinic, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030
Contact: Veronica Kathukya
Email: Click Here
Event Website: http://www.mdanderson.org/palliativeconference
IInd Congress Hospice and Palliative Care
Event Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Date of Event: October 10-11, 2008
Event Description: "Hospice and palliative care: a fundamental human right"
1st PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Main topics:
1. Achievements in palliative care in the Republic of Croatia and in neighbouring regions. Strategic planning.
2. Recent data about the alleviation of signs and symptoms in end stages of incurable diseases.
3. Psychiatrists and psychologists in palliative care.
4. Social workers, families and non-health volunteers in palliative care.
5. What are the differences between retired people's homes, homes for the elderly and disabled persons, hospitals for chronic diseases, institutes for prolonged therapy, geriatric wards institutions and hospices? Are those B-type hospitals? The reform should be started with concept definitions!
6. Marking the International Hospice and Palliative Care Day, 11th October 2008, by the concert.
Promotion of the "... and good-bye!" project.
Contact Information & Registration: Congress Coordinators: Marijana Bras and Anica Jusic
Event Contact Name: Marijana Bras
Email: Click Here
World HIV/AIDS Conference
Name of Sponsor: McGuire Global Recruitment
Event Location: Sandton Convention Centre-Johannesburg, South Africa
Date of Event: October, 16, 2008 - 08:00am-04:00pm
Event Description: World HIV/AIDS Conference Sandton Convention Centre
6th Biennial State Palliative Care Conference
Name of Sponsor: Department of Human Services
Event Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Event: October 23 and 24, 2008
Event Description: Palliative Care Victoria in collaboration with Centre for Palliative Care Education and Research invite you to attend the 6th Biennial State Conference to be held Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th October 2008 at the Jasper Hotel, Melbourne, Australia.
Palliative Care: Beyond the Boundaries will highlight how palliative care is expanding beyond its traditional boundaries, the challenges inherent in this and strategies to respond.
The program will provide an opportunity to hear world-class keynote speaker Dr Gomez-Batiste, Director of Palliative Care at the Institute of Oncology, Barcelona and President of the Spanish Society of Palliative Care who will outline strategies for improving palliative care across a variety of settings and ways to demonstrate quality improvement.
Contact Information & Registration: Visit www.pallcarevic.asn.au for Call for Abstract Submissions.
Contact Name: Maree Chiltern
Email: info@pallcarevic.asn.au
Event Website: http://www.pallcarevic.asn.au
Certificate Course in Essentials of Palliative Care 2008
Name of Sponsor: Indian Association of Palliative Care
Event Location: Various Regional Centers in India
Date of Event: June 1, 2008 - November 1, 2008
Event Description: A basic course in Palliative Care for Doctors and Nurses addressing Concepts of Palliative Care, Communication Skills, Care of the Elderly, Terminal Care, Community Participation, Management of difficult physical symptoms in advanced diseases.
Information & Registration:
Contact Name: Dr Suresh Kumar
Email: Click Here
Event Website: http://www.palliativecare.in/course.htm
Hospice Palliative Care: At a Croosroads
Sponsored By: Canadian Hospcie Palliative Care Association
Event Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Of Event: November 4 - 7, 2008
Event Description: The 2007 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference will be a dynamic event that aims to engage you in a process of learning, skills building, reflection, networking and renewal. The conference will showcase innovative developments, explore current issues, challenge your concept of hospice palliative care, and provide opportunities to reflect on the meaning and impact of working in the field of hospice palliative care.
Contact Information: Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association Annex B, Saint-Vincent Hospital 60 Cambridge Street North Ottawa, ON, K1R 7A5 Tel: 613-241-3663 ext. 224 or 1-800-668-2785 ext. 224
Conference Manager: Tammie Winsor
Email: Click Here
Event Website: http://conference.chpca.net
Palliative Care NSW State Conference
Event Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW
Date of Event: Nov 12-14 2008
Event Description: Palliative Care NSW invites you to experience a Sea Change at its biennial State conference. Palliative Care: A Sea Change will invite particpants to adopt a fresh approach to the future direction of palliative care incorporating aged care, mental health and wellness.
Contact Information & Registration:
Contact Name: Linda Hansen
Email: info@palliativecarensw.org.au
Event Website: http://www.palliativecarensw.org.au
8th INCTR Meeting on Cancer in Countries with Limited Resources
Date of Event: March 22-24, 2009
Event Location: Kervansaray Hotel, Antalya, Turkey
Website: www.inctr.org
Deadline for submission of Abstracts: October 1st, 2008
