Events for Health-Care Professionals
The team at BCCPC has gathered links to education events designed for Health Care Providers caring for people affected by life-limiting illness. The events are not created or endorsed by BCCPC unless stated in the description.
Events
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Flexing Your Core ECHO-Providing Comfort & Care
Session resources Session summary note Part of our Flexing Your Core ECHO series This session is an introduction to promoting comfort and quality of life for people with a life-limiting illness and their family. Together we will discuss supporting symptom management as someone transitions through their last days and hours of life. Competency domains: Optimizing […]
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Flexing Your Core ECHO-The Leading Edge
Session resources session summary note Part of our Flexing Your Core ECHO series In this session we will identify and discuss common issues in palliative care, and we will talk through steps to take in addressing ethical issues by discussing a case scenario. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on how education, evaluation, QI […]
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Compassionate Dementia Inclusive Communities
Session resources YouTube session recording Session summary notes Part of the All Together ECHO Series A sneak peek of how 3 social health movements Nav-CARE, dementia-inclusive movement and Compassionate Communities - are helping to empower and support people living with early-onset dementia, their families. An overview of ongoing project and stories from 6 Canadian communities […]
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Goals of Care in the Acute Care Setting: Drawing in the Team
onlineSession resources Session summary notes Session recording: Youtube Part of our Updated & Innovations in Essential Conversations for the Health Care Team ECHO Series. This session will speak to the opportunity to take an interprofessional approach to eliciting patients’ goals of care (GOC) in acute care settings. Dara Lewis (an acute care lead for Vancouver […]
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A Community Collaboration: The Sunshine Coast Hospice Green Sleeve Advance Care Planning Program
Session resources Recording: YouTube Session summary notes Part of the All Together ECHO Series Sunshine Coast Hospice Society (SCHS) developed their Green Sleeve program in 2020 as a collaboration with local physicians, paramedics and home care nurses. It started out as a COVID pilot project and has become a core Hospice program. This session will […]
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Neurodivergence, grief, and bereavement
onlineRegister Here Part of our Grief & Bereavement Literacy ECHO Series This virtual session will have a presentation with Q & A. Session poster you can print and share linked here. Presenter: Jess Holtslander, RSW, MSW, RCC, Sun & Clouds Counselling This series is for anyone interested in increasing their knowledge around grief and bereavement […]
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Hybrid AMS Nest at UBC 6133 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Save the Date: A Special Hospice Palliative Care Week Presentation is Coming Up! Providence Health Care staff and partners across the region are invited to join a special presentation for Hospice Palliative Care Week on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 12:00-1:15 pm featuring a joint presentation by Dr. Sarah Levitt and Dr. Daniel Buchman. This session, “Towards a Palliative Psychiatry for Severe […]
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Palliative Essentials in LTC ECHO: Foundations and Care Planning
onlineRegister Here Learn how to integrate a palliative approach into long term care from move-in, with a focus on what matters most to residents and their families. This session introduces the foundations of a palliative approach, supports clinicians in adopting care planning that prepares for both current needs and anticipated changes, and highlights the new […]
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Connecting Minds Through Compassionate Hearts
Register Here Part of the All Together ECHO Series Join us to learn how community minded partners are building an dementia-inclusive culture to help reduce stigma, raising awareness and empowering supports for people living with early dementia to age in place.. Presenters: Erin Connelly, Operations Director, Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society Laurie De Croos, […]
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Palliative Essentials in LTC: Conversations — Aligning Care with What Matters
onlineRegister Here Connecting with residents is key to understanding who they are, what matters most to their quality of life, and how care can align with their values and preferences. This ECHO session focuses on goals of care conversations as a way to understand each resident as a unique person, support their understanding of their […]
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Conversations that Matter with Dementia
onlineRegister Here Join us for a discussion on Conversations that Matter with Dementia. Presenter: Dr. Trevor Janz, Residential Care Medical Director, Interior Health East, Nelson, BC
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Palliative Essentials in LTC ECHO: Person centered symptom management – addressing pain
onlineRegister Here Person centred pain management in long term care is a core palliative essential. Untreated pain in frail older adults leads to significant distress, functional decline, pain behaviours, and reduces quality of life. This ECHO session focuses on effective pain management starting with understanding the resident's goals of care and highlighting timely assessment including […]
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Grief and Caregiving: Difficult Conversations and Decisions in Dementia Care
onlineRegister Here Part of our Grief & Bereavement Literacy ECHO Series Dementia caregiving is often shaped by ongoing and anticipatory grief, as families experience repeated losses long before end of life. This session examines how both grief and dementia can impact challenging discussions regarding safety, personal independence, and end-of-life matters. It offers practical strategies to […]
