Resources for Health Care Providers
Gain Palliative Skills (GPS) Learning Pathway
If you identify as NEW to palliative care – this is for you. The GPS Learning Pathway contains learning resources curated by experts for the12 domains of Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Competency Framework.
PreDrawn Syringes Consensus Statement
A consensus statement to guide nursing decision-making for people receiving palliative care who need subcutaneous medications for symptom management at home. The document includes the evidence base and a list of nursing decision-making factors in the preparation of subcutaneous medication for people receiving palliative care at home based on a consensus of experts.
Symptom Management Guidelines
Best practice guidelines in managing symptoms related to life-limiting illnesses, as endorsed by all health authorities in BC. For use by clinicians in the absence of a referral to a palliative specialist
Symptom Management Guide for Health Care Assistants
This guide can be used by Health Care Assistants in all care settings, working within the scope of their role to support people living with advanced life limiting illness experiencing symptoms.
Palliative Care ECHO
Develop Palliative Care knowledge and best practices together with fellow care providers and subject matter experts through this novel mutual learning model.
Palliative Competency Framework
BC Inter-professional palliative care competency framework – revised Dec. 2024. Identify competencies for providing palliative care and care with a palliative approach in any care setting.
Strengthen Your Core. Palliative Care Core Competencies Training Modules
Work out your Core Competencies and develop a strong foundation of Palliative Care knowledge using this online, beginner-friendly, and self-paced curriculum. Pun 100% intended
Culturally Safe Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning done right is one that respects and incorporates the patient’s cultural values. Learn to conduct it safely from this online and self-paced curriculum.
Educational Resources Review
Discover reviewed resources for Palliative Education available in BC, specified into roles and specialization categories. Current review covers published materials up to 2019.
Serious Illness Conversations Resources
Professional conversations about life-limiting serious illnesses can be challenging to navigate. Thankfully there’s a guide for that, as well as trainings to use said guide. Learn more here.
Dyspnea management guideline
The comprehensive Dyspnea Symptom Management Guideline offers evidence-based, practice-informed advice for those prescribing for adults with dyspnea related to advanced, life-limiting illness and for those caring for people living with pain.
New with this Guideline:
- A summary document outlining the key recommendations, with associated IDSA-ESMO Levels of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations.
- Links to specific education materials to support safe and effective pain management for the individual and their family.
Our collection of symptom management guidelines – for symptoms ranging from anorexia to twitching/seizures – offers healthcare providers an at-your-fingertips resource with best practices that are informed by evidence and endorsed by expert practice in palliative care.
Register for Upcoming Events
The education events posted on this calendar are specifically tailored to include formal Health Care Providers who are responsible for the care of people affected by life-limiting illness.
The selection of organizations and events for posting on this calendar has been conducted based on established criteria set by BCCPC. Unless stated otherwise in the event description, the events listed here are neither created nor endorsed by BCCPC.
Any opinions or views expressed during the events do not necessarily reflect of the views of BCCPC. If you would like to propose the inclusion of an upcoming educational event, please contact us at PalliativeEducationNetwork@bc-cpc.ca
AboutGrief: An Action Plan and New National Grief Portal
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Essentials of Communication (Winter 2026)
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Supporting Grief & Loss (Winter 2026)
Flexing Your Core ECHO-At the Core of Caring (Winter 2026)
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Providing Comfort & Care (Winter 2026)
Flexing Your Core ECHO-The Leading Edge (Winter 2026)
All BCCPC ECHO sessions are provided in partnership with Pallium Canada. Please note that Pallium Canada and its ECHO Hub partners across Canada offer numerous sessions and communities of practice that are accessible to health care providers in B.C. at no cost. To learn more about these opportunities, please visit http://www.echopalliative.com/about-the-palliative-care-echo-project/
Pall Ed BC Network
A collaborative space aimed to enhance educational efforts around BC and improve patient and population-level care.
Membership includes those from care settings not traditionally recognized as “palliative” such as acute medicine and surgery, to increase the spread of a palliative approach to care in all relevant care settings.
The network is intended for palliative care educators, clinicians with an educational role, faculty members of academic institutions, researchers, direct care providers supporting people with serious illness, health care students, and members of community organizations or private practice who provide education for health care providers on palliative care/approach.
Members of the Pall Ed BC Network have the opportunity to provide input to palliative education initiatives in BC, seek and provide feedback on other members’ projects, collaborate to decrease duplication and support mutual goals across organizations, as well as receive Pall Ed information and educational offerings.
Click here to join.
Once joined, click here to access the Network
Network members can contact us at PalliativeEducationNetwork@bc-cpc.ca.
Pall Ed BC Repository
A space for developers of palliative care education from BC regional and provincial health authorities, as well as our partner organizations, to collaborate and share working and completed documents in a secure, curated environment.
Contact us for more information.
If you have been granted access, click here to go to the Repository.
