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.
Palliative Domain
SIC and Disenfranchised Populations: The importance of utilizing a trauma-informed, trust building approach for Serious Illness Conversations with Structurally Vulnerable/Disenfranchised Populations​​
onlineSerious Illness Conversation Provincial Collaborative ECHO Session Topic: SIC and Disenfranchised Populations: The importance of utilizing a trauma-informed, trust building approach for Serious Illness Conversations with Structurally Vulnerable/Disenfranchised Populations​​ Wallace Robinson, MSW RSW Leader for Advance Care Planning, Providence Health Care
SIC in a Cancer Setting
onlineSerious Illness Conversation Provincial Collaborative ECHO Session Topic: SIC in a Cancer Setting Antony Porcino BC Cancer
SIC and Cultural Safety
onlineSerious Illness Conversation Provincial Collaborative ECHO Session Topic: SIC and Cultural Safety Nicole Wikjord, RN, MSN, CHPCN (C) Clinical Nurse Specialist, Chronic Conditions and Serious Illness First Nations Health Authority Elizabeth Beddard-Huber, RN, MSN, CHPCN(C) Clinical Lead Serious Illness Conversations, BC Centre for Palliative Care By the end of the session the participants will: Review […]
Broadening the Scope of Ethics in Palliative Care: Shifting towards narrative and relational paradigms
onlinePsychosocial Cohort 3: Ethical Dilemmas in Palliative Care Session Topic - "Broadening the Scope of Ethics in Palliative Care: Shifting towards narrative and relational paradigms" Alexandra Olmos Perez PHSA Ethics Session 1: September 16th, 2022, 9am- 10:00 am The first session titled “Broadening the Scope of Ethics in Palliative Care: Shifting towards narrative and relational […]
Palliative Pharmacy Care Course
onlinePharmacists 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 […]
SIC and Coaching Mentoring Strategies
onlineSerious Illness Conversation Provincial Collaborative ECHO Session Topic: SIC and Coaching Mentoring Strategies Cari Borenko, BA BSW RSW MHS Lead, Advance Care Planning, Fraser Health Authority Andrew Saunderson, BSW, MSW, RSW Social Worker, Advance Care Planning, Fraser Health Authority The health care system and its culture is reactionary and too often downstream focused. As health […]
Creating a Safe Moral Space – The Informed Language of Ethics
onlinePsychosocial Cohort 3: Ethical Dilemmas in Palliative Care Session Topic - "Creating a Safe Moral Space – The Informed Language of Ethics" ECHO Hub team Session 2: October 28st, 2022, 9am-10:00 am Session two will be presented by the ECHO Hub team mentor, Michele Martin from Fraser Health, discussing the language of ethics and specific […]
Ethical Decision Making
onlinePsychosocial Cohort 3: Ethical Dilemmas in Palliative Care Session Topic - Ethical Decision Making Session 3: October 28st, 2022, 9am-10:00 am For this final session on the theme, we invite you to share your experiences of ethical decision-making, and moral distress. Participants will share scenarios they've encountered in their work with participants and discuss in […]
A Facilitated Discussion of the Hospice Volunteer Palliative Competency Framework
onlineJoin Pablita Thomas, Executive Director of the BC Hospice Palliative Care Association and Tina Lowery, Program Manager with the BC Centre for Palliative Care for the hour to discuss and share your experience with the Hospice Volunteer Palliative Competency Framework. In the summer of 2021, the Provincial Competencies for Hospice Volunteers was released. This document […]
Making SICs bite-sized with the Two Question Challenge
onlineSerious Illness Conversation Provincial Collaborative ECHO Presenter: Dara Lewis RN Clinical Educator for the Regional Palliative Approach to Care Education team (RPACE) Vancouver Coastal Health Many patients with serious illness are receiving treatments that may not align with their wishes; in some cases, these treatments may be futile or may cause unnecessary suffering. Serious Illness […]
