A unique knowledge exchange & learning event series

Registration is now open for a series of lively knowledge exchange events seeking to explore the connection of palliative care approaches in the health system and community organizations. The sessions are designed to facilitate connection across the whole continuum of care, promote knowledge exchange among attendees, advance the uptake of existing research, and support future research.

The series will delve into the topic of equitable access to palliative and end-of-life care for underserved populations. We will focus on populations known in the literature to experience challenges when accessing these types of care.

Palliative care is a holistic approach to improving the quality of life for people living with serious, complex, or terminal illnesses, or their families. This care isn’t only for people at the end of their lives; it has benefits for people and families across the entire illness trajectory and even includes family support after the death of a loved one. Accessing this care easily and early is important for supporting patients and their families throughout the illness journey.

This series is hosted by the BC Palliative Care Research Collaborative, and supported in part by UBC Health through their Health After 2020 program.

Participants

This event is intended to bring together health system representatives, academics, community organizations and the public. No matter what role you play in a patient’s journey with life-limiting illness, or whether you are a patient or family-member yourself, you have valuable information to share.

We therefore welcome anyone with an interest in improving access to palliative and end-of-life care for underserved populations to join this event. This includes:

• UBC and non-UBC researchers (including those outside of BC)
• Research users from the health system and community, such as policy and decision makers, healthcare providers and non-profit or community organizations
• People with lived experience or knowledge of accessing palliative or end-of-life care for underserved populations*

*Some honoraria and funds to cover expenses are available to overcome any barriers for patient or community partners to attend. If you are a patient or community partner, contact us for more information.

Event objectives

The objectives of the learning exchange event will be to:

1. Explore the lived experience of access to palliative and end-of-life care for underserved populations.
2. Current opportunities and connections that support improving equitable access
3. What are future opportunities for improving access?

For More Information, please contact Rachel Carter at rcarter@bc-cpc.ca