BC Centre for Palliative Care

Implementing the COVID-19 Toolkit and Best Practices for Serious Illness Conversations using Telehealth
2021-02-09 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Vancouver)
The next webinar from the Serious Illness Care Community at Ariadne Labs will be tomorrow, February 9 at 12 pm ET (New York/America).
Drs. Erik Fromme and Suzanne Mitchell, Ariadne Labs Faculty, and Nancy Joyner, NP and Danielle Miltz, PA, Community of Practice Ambassadors. Dr. Fromme will give a short overview of the Serious Illness Care Program’s COVID-19 Toolkit and Dr. Mitchell will describe how Boston Medical Center has implemented elements of the COVID-19 Toolkit as part of their Pandemic response. Next, Dr. Fromme, Ms. Joyner, and Ms. Miltz will discuss best practices and cases for serious illness conversations during telehealth encounters using both phone and video platforms.
Registration (link below) is required.
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Meeting Registration – Zoom

The Serious Illness Care Program’s COVID-19 Toolkit was developed in Spring 2020, during the first peak of the pandemic in the United States. It includes four conversation guides adapted to the context of COVID-19 for use in inpatient, outpatient, long-term care and crisis standards settings. There are video demonstrations of clinicians using the guides, as well as tools to support implementation and patient-facing resources.
Webinars are presented live, and are recorded. Recordings and slides of past webinars are available on the Ariadne community of practice website, Aria.

CPCNA Town Hall: Sharing Stresses and Successes: Love in Professional Practice
2021-02-03 16:00 - 17:00
Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association Town Halls (COVID-19)
This is an opportunity to connect with palliative care nurses from across Canada to share our stresses and successes in practice in the face of COVID- 19. Kath Murray, and educator and author, will be presenting briefly on the Ten Principles of Love in Practice, followed by group discussion.
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Session 4 Topic – Anti-racist practice–Anti-Racist Tools for the Palliative Care Context Part 2
2021-01-28 00:00
Presenter – Frank Cohn, Jhevoi Melville, MSW, RSW, and Ayesha Sackey, all from VAST

Competencies – Domain 1 – Principles of PC & palliative approach. Promotes and supports the adaptation of palliative principles in all care settings through capacity building of other care providers/community partners as appropriate for role.
Domain 2 – Cultural safety & humility. Advocates for incorporation of the person’s and family’s cultural traditions, beliefs, expectations, and preferences into decision making, care planning and service delivery models.
Advocates for changes in policy to facilitate incorporation of culture into care.
Domain 4 – Comfort & quality of life. Adapts care to address person’s fears and anxieties related to past trauma.
Domain 7 – Professional & ethical practice. Participates in community awareness and engagement activities to build understanding, capacity, and inclusion. Addresses micro, meso, and macro factors that influence PC (e.g., internal and external barriers, social determinants of health).
Domain 8 – Self care. Identifies team and organizational barriers and issues and works collaboratively to address them. Promotes an organizational culture that is safe for expression of multiple perspectives and practicing within ambiguity.
Become aware of own level of Racism profile through use of self-assessment tools and anti-racism growth chart.
Become more comfortable with using anti-racism tools through application of ACTION tool to a case study. Describe how to respond competently to racial comments, behaviours, or policies in the workplace setting through a stance of cultural humility (compassionate, reflective, non-judgmental) in practice.
Describe the barriers to responding to racism and identify how racism in the workplace impacts individual staff, clients, client service, and organizational culture

A Gathering of Loss, Healing, and Hope
2020-12-21 17:00 - 17:45
Are you carrying sorrow this holiday season? Join Virtual Hospice’s free virtual gathering with spiritual leaders from across Canada to find consolation, hope, community, and light a candle honouring your loss.
Glen R. Horst, CVH Spiritual Care Advisor will lead a 45-minute virtual gathering featuring consolations and blessings from spiritual care leaders from across Canada to honour and acknowledge the grief we may carry. Find healing, hope, community, and light a candle with us.
When:
December 21, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. CST, 5:00 p.m. PST)
Where:
Online at the Canadian Virtual Hospice YouTube page (The link will be live closer to the event. Also look for it on our Facebook, or Twitter accounts the weekend before the event).

Managing Through the COVID-19 Crisis
2020-11-02 08:00 - 09:00
Center to Advance Palliative Care
This Virtual Office Hour is free and open to all, but space is limited. Sessions will be added on an ongoing basis.
This session will provide an opportunity to discuss managing the before, during, and after of the COVID-19 pandemic and the short- and long-term impact on your palliative care program. Questions during this session may include:

What lessons have been learned based on the response strategy of frontline clinicians?
How do I address communication challenges with family discussions that cannot be done in person?
How do you extend services with limited resources?

Presented by: Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN, Tom Gualtieri-Reed, MBA

Giving Tuesday: Saying Goodbye
2020-12-01
On #GivingTuesday, the Canadian Hospice Palliative Association (CHPCA) wants Canadians to know that grief is a shared journey that fosters compassion and encourages them to cope with their grief by supporting each other through living and grieving. We might be physically distant, but we are together in grief.
As COVID-19 continues to cause concern for our everyday welfare, the future has never felt so unpredictable. These are challenging times for everyone, as we deal with a global pandemic. While there’s a lot of uncertainty, we know that we need to adapt quickly to our changing reality. Now, more than ever, Canadians need access to hospice palliative care and support for caregivers. CHPCA is participating in #GivingTuesday which is a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after the busy retail Black Friday that many charities and non-profits now consider the beginning of the giving season. Our campaign is executed digitally over social media on our website, FaceBook, and Twitter. ‏
For our #GivingTuesday 2020 campaign, our theme is “Saying Goodbye”. Because of so many restrictions on visitation, travel and gathering size, many people have not been able to say goodbye to their loved ones as they passed away. The CHPCA is offering Canadians the opportunity to Say Goodbye to a loved one that has passed during the pandemic by adding their loved one’s name to our Saying Goodbye Memorial Wall.
An estimated 300,000 Canadians will die in 2020, and for every one person who has died there are, on average, 5 or more loved ones who live on. They eventually must go on with their daily routines but may still be experiencing grief. With our Saying Goodbye campaign, we hope to acknowledge the grief that many Canadians are experiencing and hopefully help them not feel so alone in their grief.
This year’s #GivingTuesday call to action includes the following:
1. Sign your loved ones name on our Saying Goodbye Memorial Wall
2. Watch the Saying Goodbye Concert
3. Sign the Caregivers Declaration

Managing Stress and Burnout during the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020-11-30 07:00 - 08:30
Project ECHO COVID-19 Global Conversations
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of individuals across the globe. Healthcare workers are particularly vulnerable to burnout and increased stress. This session addresses:
• Impact of COVID-19 on mental health
• Managing burnout for healthcare employees
• Individual practices to promote resiliency
Presenter: Jeff Katzman, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical and Academic Affairs,
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Facilitator: Sanjeev Arora, MD
Director, Project ECHO
The session will include didactic presentations and Q & A. Click here to view the agenda.
REGISTER HERE

National Bereavement Day Webinar
2020-11-26 09:00 - 10:30
Please join the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) and the Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada (QELCCC) for a free webinar to learn about new exciting work being done!
November 26, 2020 9am-10:30am PDT
In this webinar: Updates from National Bereavement Day – highlights of the 2020 National Bereavement Day and Saying Goodbye Virtual Concert from the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA – Review of the Grief and Bereavement Scoping Review from the Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada’s (QELCCC) Research and Knowledge Translation (KT) Committe – Learn about the regional Grief and Bereavement Planning Project from the Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program
Speakers:
Sharon Baxter, MSW – Executive Director, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA; and Secretariat of the Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada (QELCCC), Christopher A. Klinger, PhD – Chair, Research and Knowledge Translation Committee, Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada (QELCCC); Chair; End-of-Life Issues Theme Team, National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE); and Research Scientist, Pallium Canada, Neerjah Skantharajah, MHSc(c) – Graduate Student, Translational Research Program (TRP), Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, and Tara Cohen, MSW – Program Manager, Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program and Registered Social Worker in Private Practice.
Register now

Media Relations, Social Media, Crisis Communications
2020-11-19 09:00 - 10:00
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association invites you to attend a suite of webinars on Media Relations, Social Media, Crisis Communication
Begins Thurs, Nov 19 9-10am PST
The following suite of sessions focusses on understanding and preparing for communications planning, media relations and social media. Each session is led by former journalist and news anchor Jennifer Mossop. Please click on each link below to read full session descriptions and to register. Note: sessions will not be recorded.
Target Audience
Healthcare Administration and Organizational Leadership
Get Social!
Thursday, November 19, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST Click Here to Register
Be Prepared! Crisis Communications Planning and Prep Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST Click Here to Register
News Media 101 Plus
Thursday, November 26, 2020, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Click Here to Register

Media Spokesperson Training can be booked on a small group or one-on-one basis.
Please contact Jennifer Mossop to discuss your needs. JMossop@HPCO.ca Jennifer@mossopmedia.com 519-619-2227

Expand Your Influence as a Leader in Dementia Care
2020-11-24 10:00 - 12:00
Hosted by SafeCare BC
Your influence as a leader has a major impact on the success of your organization and the company culture. With the growing percentage of residents living with symptoms of dementia in long-term care homes, enhanced skills and transformed mindsets will be necessary. Join Karen Tyrell a Dementia Consultant and Joanna Li a specialist in Learning and Leadership Development on Nov. 24th from 10:00am – 12pm for an empowering and interactive workshop to help expand your influence as a leader in dementia care!
Duration: 2hrs (10:00am – 12:00pm)

To register for this workshop, please visit the Learning Space.

To complete registration:
• Sign up for an account,
• Select Expand Your Influence as a Leader in Dementia Care
• Select the November 24,2020 session
• Enroll.

CHPCA's Learning Institute
2020-11-12 07:00 - 2020-11-14 10:30
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association 2020 Virtual Learning Institute
Stream 1 – Communication in Serious Illness: An Innovative Approach to Clinical Care and Quality Improvements
Faculty: Justin J Sanders, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Ariadne Labs; Nicole Wikjord, First Nations Health Authority; Kathleen Tue, BC Centre for Palliative Care; Dr. Gillian Fyles, BC Centre for Palliative Care; Elizabeth Beddard-Huber BC Centre for Palliative Care
Stream 2 – Psychosocial Learning
Faculty: Zelda Freitas, Caregiving, CREGÉS, CIUSSS; Marney Thompson, Victoria Hospice; Kathy Kortes-Miller, Centre for Education and Research On Aging and Health (CERAH); Patrick Durivage, CREGES domain of expertise in palliative care, CIUSSS
Stream 3 – ACP in Canada: New Tools in Community Care
Faculty: Cari Borenko Hoffmann, Fraser Health, UBC; Lauren Thomas, Fraser South, Fraser Health; Dr Eman Hassan, BC Centre for Palliative Care; Bob Parke
Stream 4: Compassionate Leadership and Compassionate Communities – where do we go from here?
Faculty: Dr Eman Hassan, BC Centre for Palliative Care; Deborah Sattler, Compassionate Community Communities of Practice, Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO); Nadine Valk, Champlain Palliative Care Program; Sharon Baxter, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association; Susan Blacker, Cancer & Palliative Program Planning and
Performance Sinai Health System
The CHPCA is pleased to bring the Learning Institute to you for a new lower price! In addition to the virtual format, the newly lowered price will help make this exciting event more accessible to all Canadians!
The CHPCA is also thrilled to offer group discounts for groups of five or more attendees. Register your entire workplace or group to maximize learning from each of the fantastic learning streams!
Please email conference@chpca.net for more details about the group discount!
Click here to register.

The Impact of COVID-Related Grief on Palliative Care Clinicians
2020-11-11 09:00 - 10:00
Center to Advance Palliative Care – Master Clinician Series
Ray Hanbury, PhD, ABPP
Chief Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry; Director of Psychology Education, Jersey Shore University Medical Center
In this Master Clinician, Dr. Hanbury, a trauma psychology specialist, will present a framework for understanding loss and grief. After outlining natural responses to loss, Dr. Hanbury will listen to stories from several palliative care clinicians who are experiencing the emotional toll of COVID-19. He will offer guidance for a healthy response to these feelings, and then address questions from the audience. The dialogue between the presenter and participants will provide insight for everyone feeling the tremendous emotional impact of the pandemic.
Click here to register.

CANO/ACIO 2020 virtual conference: The Virtual Edition
2020-11-06 - 2020-11-08
Join us November 6 – 8 for the virtual edition of the CANO/ACIO 2020 Annual Conference.
2020 has been a challenging year for everyone on many fronts…emotionally, financially, and professionally. This year’s conference theme “Now and Forever Oncology Nursing” highlights both the importance and longevity of our specialty in cancer patient care. 2020 also has been declared the “Year of the Nurse and the Midwife” by the World Health Organization. It has never been more important to come together as a profession to support each other and celebrate oncology nursing.
• A poster presentation from Holly Prince and Allison Pedersen RN (Manitoba), MN, Clinical Nurse Specialist called: Indigenous Voices 2: Improving Care for Indigenous Patients and Families
• Presentation from Allison Pedersen RN (Manitoba), MN, Clinical Nurse Specialist called: An Exploration of Healthcare Provider Work-Related Grief and Strategies for Moving Through It, on Nov 7 at 10:20 ET
Click here for more information and to register: www.cano-acio.ca/event/canoacio2020

Sharing Stresses and Successes Town Hall
2020-11-04 16:00 - 17:00
The Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Group is hosting our a Town Hall on Wednesday November 4th at 1900 (EST) titled ‘Sharing Stresses and Successes’. We have found through sharing that many of us are doing just fine and finding way to effectively adapt and make it through COVID-19, and some still face various changes day-to-day. With infection control issues ramping up, we thought perhaps it was time to connect again.
We are pleased to share that Dr. David Wright, a nurse researcher at the University of Ottawa, and the Director or Research on the CHPCNG Board, is going to present a brief summary of his research titled:
Visitor restrictions, palliative care, and epistemic agency: A qualitative study of nurses’ relational practice during the coronavirus pandemic
Moderator: Kath Murray
Facilitator: Michelle O’Rourke
Details:
• Date Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
• Time 7pm EST– (4pm Pacific)
• Zoom platform
• Registration is required– please email jnesbitt@wrha.mb.ca if you wish to attend
• Space is limited so register early
• A list of resources related to “Self-Care and Resiliency – strategies for coping” is compiled and will be provided following the meeting.

Processing Trauma Experiences with Palliative Care Clients and Their Families
2020-11-04 09:00 - 10:00
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) invites you to attend Processing Trauma Experiences with Palliative Care Clients and Their Families 5 Part Webinar Series
Many Hospice Palliative Care Caregivers feel that they do not have the necessary skills and experience to help a Hospice Palliative Care Client process a historical or new trauma before they die. The format of the webinar series will be 40 minutes of information sharing on different aspects of doing trauma work with certain clients and then a 20 minute question and answer section. The sessions will also include how to continue to develop your trauma informed practice and program. This webinar series will be based on two Canadian Resources: The Trauma Informed Guide 2013 and The Trauma-informed Toolkit. This five part webinar will be applicable to all sectors of the hospice palliative care team.
Registration page
Facilitated by Eugene Dufour, BA, MDiv Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator, Certified Bereavement Specialist
Target audience: all sectors of Hospice Palliative Care including volunteers

There is a one-time fee of $125 + HST to attend all sessions
Session 1: Introductory Session on Trauma and Palliative Care – November 4, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Session 2: Palliative Care Trauma Work with Veterans – November 11, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Session 3: Palliative Care Trauma Work with Refugees – November 18, 2020 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST
Session 4: Palliative Care Trauma Work with First Nations – November 25, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Session 5: Revisiting Lessons Learned from the HIV/AIDS Trauma and Striving to Have a Compassionate Trauma Informed Practice and Program – December 2, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST

Family Medicine Forum (FMF) virtual conference: New World. New Experience
2020-11-04 - 2020-11-07
Family Medicine Forum (FMF) virtual conference: New World. New Experience
Nov 4-7, 2020
Join Canadian Virtual Hospice’s Dr. Christopher MacKinnon, PhD, Dr. Cornie Woelk, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP, and Viola Woelk’s presentation: Physicians, Heal Thyselves: Responding to workplace-related grief on November 6, 2020, at 11:30 a.m. EST.
This 1-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 80 Mainpro+ credits.
For more information on the rest of the FMF conference. Click here to register.

N95 Fit Testing
2020-11-03 08:30 - 2020-11-04 16:30
Hosted by SafeCare BC
We understand that fit-testing services for N95 respirators have become more scarce in some areas due to the pandemic and that this is a challenge for some of our members. We want to ensure that care settings that wish to fit-test their staff – for example, so that care staff can perform aerosol-generating medical procedures, or as preparedness for possible airborne pathogens or other respiratory hazards – can continue to do so. SafeCare BC is therefore offering two pilot fit-testing sessions in partnership with Mountainview Safety Services. This is not a Train-the-Trainer session, it is an opportunity for staff to be fit-tested.
These sessions will take place on November 3rd and 4th in the SafeCare BC Training Centre in Burnaby. Fit-testing will be provided on these days at a reduced cost of $10 per person. If you have any questions, please contact Jenni Cannon at jcannon@safecarebc.ca.
To register for this workshop, please visit the Learning Space.
To complete registration:

Sign up for an account,
Select N95 Fit Testing,
Select a 30-minute session time slot that works best for you. Sessions are limited to four people,
Enroll!

Covid-19 Conscious Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum (PVPC) Workshop
2020-10-30 08:30 - 16:30 | Abbotsford Menno Place
Are you a care worker that faces the risk of violence during your work day? Do you have the tools and training needed to de-escalate unpredictable and potentially dangerous situations?
Injuries arising from acts of violence or aggression are one of the leading injury–types among continuing care workers. These types of situations can often be avoided or managed by using current and leading-practice violence prevention skills and techniques.
Taking a violence prevention workshop will help make you and your workplace safer!
Led by an expert health care facilitator, the Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum, delivered by SafeCare BC, will teach you how to prevent and de-escalate potentially violent situations in the workplace and how you can protect yourself in the event of a behavioural crisis.
This session builds on concepts covered in the e-learning modules, providing you with the opportunity to practice and apply your knowledge in various scenarios that have been customized for the continuing care sector.
To adhere to the PHO’s orders, changes have been made to the course delivery and classroom protocol. If you would like more information, please email training@safecarebc.ca.
Please note: the e-learning modules are prerequisites for this course and must be completed prior to taking part in this in-class component of the course.
SafeCare BC Member Pricing: $35 | Non-Members $110

To register for this workshop, go to the Learning Space

To complete registration:

Sign up for an account,

Select Covid-19 Conscious Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum (PVPC) Workshop
Select the October 30th session,
Enroll.

Psychological Support Toolkit for Workers and Employers Part 5
2020-10-29 10:00 - 11:00
SafeCare BC is pleased to support the BC Municipal Safety Association and Work to Wellness on the Psychological Support Toolkit for Workers and Employers.
This Toolkit includes a five-part webinar series, plus free education, tools, and resources to support workers and employers whose mental health has been affected by COVID-19.
In this session, Diana Vissers will host a panel of industry leaders who will provide their lens on COVID-19 and the effects on mental health and wellness in the workplace. The panel will include representatives from leading industry sectors.
Registration page

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Special Lecture
2020-10-29 09:00 - 10:00
The National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE), in collaboration with the Institute for Life Course and Aging (ILCA) at the University of Toronto and Pallium Canada, is hosting the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Special Lecture as a way to honour international leaders in the field of hospice palliative care and to provide a platform to spread hospice and palliative care awareness and knowledge.
The 2020 online edition of the Special Lecture will take place on Thursday October 29, 2020
Speakers include:
• Esme Fuller-Thomson, PhD, Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto and Director of the Institute for Life Course and Aging, will provide a short overview on recent Institute developments and introduce the honoree.
• Dr. Sandy Buchman, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto and Freeman Family Chair in Palliative Medicine/Medical Director of Palliative Care, North York General Hospital is the distinguished 2020 Special Lecturer. His talk will address hospice and palliative care service provision in time of crisis and link to the theme of the World Day: My Care – My Comfort.
Space is limited, register now

Session 2 Topic – Leadership & Education in PC Practice–Leadership, Advocacy & Education in Psychosocial Palliative Care
2020-10-29 00:00
Presenter – Anke Krey, Education and Research Project Facilitator, Victoria Hospice, and Wendy Wainwright, former Director of Clinical Services, Victoria Hospice
Competencies:

Domain 7 – Professional & ethical practice. When appropriate for role, engages in quality improvement, research and knowledge translation to advance practice of self and others, bringing a psychosocial perspective.
Educates others (teams, learners, systems, community) regarding psychosocial palliative care (PC) and palliative approach.
Takes leadership in policy, program development and delivery of psychosocial PC as appropriate for role. Identify “teachable moments” to educate (teams, learners, systems, community) and describe strategies to advocate for psychosocial PC and the palliative approach to advance practice of self and others.
Describe opportunities to engage and bring a psychosocial perspective to quality improvement, research, and knowledge translation.
Describe their role and responsibility in leadership in policy, program development and delivery of psychosocial PC

Pediatric Palliative Care
2020-09-30 13:00 - 14:00
Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) – Virtual Office Hours
Pediatric Palliative Care
Ask questions related to strategic planning, program development, communication techniques, and managing operations for the pediatric palliative care program.
Questions from previous sessions include:
• What guidance do you have for communicating with families about palliative care services?
• How do you navigate subspecialty services (e.g., NICU)?
• Can you recommend first steps for funding a pediatric palliative care program?
Presenter: Sarah Friebert, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM

Registration is available to CAPC members. Register here

Advance Care Planning & Social Work in Canada - Part 2: Action Planning
2020-10-27 09:30 - 10:30
Presented by Canadian Association of Social Workers and Fraser Health Authority

Make sure you watch Part 1 of this two-part webinar series with the CASW and Fraser Health Authority!

Part 1:
https://onlinexperiences.com/scripts/Server.nxp?LASCmd=AI:4;F:QS!10100&S…

Social workers scope, & skill set – whether supporting people in private practice, community services, corrections or health care – lends itself for us to be leaders in Advance Care Planning. Join us as we learn about the importance of planning in advance for future health care – for ourselves, & our clients. Through this interactive series, you will be supported to create action plans and advocate for social work leadership.

Webinar Key Objectives:
Create action plans for yourself, your practice, your organization and/or professional association

Click here to register

Resiliency: Coping During COVID-19
2020-10-13 07:00 - 08:00
This supportive session provides an opportunity to discuss with your peers how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting you personally and professionally, and to process feelings of anxiety, grief, and uncertainty.
Questions and discussion topics for this session may include:
• Perspective and advice from peers on what is or is not working
• Navigating obstacles related to changes in visitation and other logistics impacting patient care
• How do I make time to take care of myself and/or team to address distress?
Presented by: Danielle Faye
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Palliative CME Day 2020
2020-10-23 08:15 - 15:00
The UBC Division of Palliative Care invites you to attend this series of 40-minute virtual presentations aim to share key messages learned from new Palliative Care initiatives in a variety of settings. These include urban emergency rooms, a rural hospice, a palliative outpatient clinic, vulnerable urban populations (including those with substance use disorders, unstable homing situations, and alternate gender identities), remote indigenous communities, and a “virtual PCU” in a community hospital. We will also have sessions on regional palliative care patient identification; starting a Nurse Practitioner service; and implementation of a COVID-19-adapted Serious Illness Conversation Guide.
Each presentation will last 20-25 minutes, followed by 15-20 minutes of open discussion. Presenters are the multidisciplinary clinicians who led these initiatives.
The event is recommended for palliative care clinicians of all disciplines, health care managers, public health specialists, and anyone else interested in the development of palliative care services in any setting or health care system.
We hope you can join!
From,
Dr. Pippa Hawley & Dr. Adam Fowler

* Up to 5.5 Mainpro+ / MOC Section 1 credits

Click here for more details and to register.

The 31st Annual Palliative Education & Research Day
2020-10-19 07:00 - 11:30
Invitation to Register – Virtual Event
Our first priority remains the health and safety of delegates, our colleagues, and the communities in which we live and work.

Covenant Health is proud to continually support and provide delegates with the opportunity to gather, share experiences and exchange ideas with colleagues representing many disciplines from all over Alberta, nationally and now internationally with our transition to a completely online platform this year.

We are pleased to inform you that our new conference website and registration link is now open!

We are also thrilled to advise you that there will NOT be a registration fee this year.

For all the details please visit the new website at www.palliativeconference.com
Notice: We recommend using the following browsers for website viewing: Safari, Chrome, Firefox. Issues with Microsoft Edge are known.

More information about the conference and the Palliative Institute can be found at:
https://www.covenanthealth.ca/innovations/palliative-institute/annual-palliative-education-research-days

We look forward to seeing you virtually in the fall.
-The Conference Planning Committee

Questions can be directed to Viki Muller or Loretta Harbison at palliative.institute@covenanthealth.ca

Tele-palliative Care and COVID-19: Connection at a Distance
2020-10-14 07:00 - 08:00
This Virtual Office Hour is free and open to all, but space is limited. Sessions will be added on an ongoing basis.
This session will provide an opportunity to share information as it relates to technical assistance (e.g., virtual platforms, HIPAA considerations) and framing virtual encounters (i.e., an effective telehealth visit). Ask questions and discuss how to fully utilize virtual platforms, connect and ‘make the technology disappear’ when talking to patients, and bill in light of this public health emergency.
Questions during this session may include:
• What platforms and approaches are providers using with regard to providing an effective tele-palliative experience?
• How do I address communication challenges as it relates to connecting with patients over a virtual platform?
• What are the HIPAA considerations that need to be addressed with tele-palliative care?
Presented by: Michael Fratkin, MD and Allison Silvers, MBA
Click here to register
