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.

  • The Pandemic Made Me Do It – Moving from “death by PowerPoint” to engaging e-learning

    online

    Dates: Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021  Focus: Throughout the pandemic, educators have had to scramble to modify in-person sessions to online. Most of the time, the best we could do was PowerPoint over Zoom. The downside was that learners could have the camera off and could be snoozing, not even in the room, or even walking […]

  • Webinar Series: Help for the Holidays!

    Event hosted by: Life & Death Matters Inc.,  Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. These webinars are for Personal Support Workers, Health Care Assistants, and Continuing Care Assistants, and will be beneficial for everyone supporting people with life-limiting and life-threatening illness. The holidays can be a particularly difficult time for people who have […]

    Free
  • BC Patient Safety & Quality Council – Towards Unity for Health 2022 Conference

    Hybrid AMS Nest at UBC 6133 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TUFH 2022 will be an international, intersectoral and intergenerational in-person and virtual conference with keynote sessions, TUFH documentaries, TUFH Talks, workshops and oral presentations. Registration: Click here Registration closes July 17. Discounted registration tickets are available for Indigenous Peoples – please contact [email protected]. Please note registration rates are in USD. Cost: $25

  • CPCNA WEBINAR – A Critical Gap: Improving Palliative Care for Indigenous Peoples

    online

    The CPCNA webinar series is taking a summer break, but mark your calendar for this informative session in September! CPCNA is pleased to present Holly Prince HBSW, MSW (Phd. Candidate) presenting on improving palliative care for Indigenous Peoples. In this webinar you will explore challenges and barriers that limit appropriate healthcare for Indigenous Peoples, identify […]

  • Palliative Care Intensive Course

    online

    The Victoria Hospice Palliative Care Intensive (PCI) course offers participants from a broad scope of professional practice a variety of approaches to end-of-life care. Offered online with two days of live webinars and interaction, the next session starts Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, with webinars November 3-4. Offering intermediate and some advanced aspects of palliative care, […]

  • Bluewater Palliative Care Retreat

    Hybrid AMS Nest at UBC 6133 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    The Bluewater Palliative Care Retreat is offering a world class conference at a beautiful lakeside resort for health care workers and volunteers involved with or interested in palliative care. This year’s conference will highlight important topics in patients with life limiting illnesses with an emphasis on palliative care in the elderly and palliative care during the […]

  • Palliative Pharmacy Care Course

    online

    Pharmacists are integral members of the multi-disciplinary team delivering palliative care to those facing life-threatening illness, including at the end of life. As more patients wish to remain at home for the end of life, pharmacists are increasingly called upon to contribute expertise in palliative care pharmacy outside of institutional settings. This course, specially designed […]