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.
Creating Connections: Working with People with Dementia
Hosted by SafeCare BC Are you a care worker caring for someone with dementia? Are you unsure of how to approach challenging situations common to people with Alzheimer’s Disease? Do you want to provide the best care and quality of life for someone living with dementia? Do you have staff working with people with dementia? […]
Dementia Care in the Time of COVID-19
Master Clinician Series For family caregivers, navigating the complexity of caring for a loved one with dementia can be overwhelming during the best of times. A pandemic with quarantine for some, and little to no visitation for all, may push both the person living with dementia and their family caregivers over the edge, overwhelming the […]
Exploring Trauma Informed Palliative Care for Populations Experiencing Structural Vulnerability
Part two in Pallium Canada's Trauma Informed Palliative Care series. Palliative care is not accessed by everyone equally in Canada. In fact, income, housing, and race, for example, play a big role in who ultimately receives palliative care. This moderated panel webinar aims to explore the impact of structural vulnerabilities as it pertains to socioeconomic, political, […]
Resiliency: Coping During COVID-19
CAPC’s Virtual Office Hours are small-group consulting calls with leading subject matter experts. Experienced faculty will answer your questions on a wide variety of challenging topics. Stay for the whole hour, or hop on, hop off. This supportive session provides an opportunity to discuss with your peers how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting you personally […]
Tele-palliative care and COVID-19: Connection at a Distance
Centre to Advance Palliative Care's (CAPC) virtual office hours are small-group consulting calls with leading subject matter experts. Experienced faculty will answer your questions on a wide variety of challenging topics. Stay on for the whole hour, or hop on, hop off. This Virtual Office Hour is free and open to all, but space is […]
Relieving Moral Distress in the Time of COVID-19
CAPC - Virtual Office Hours This supportive session provides an opportunity to discuss with your peers the morally distressing challenges you’ve experienced as you respond to the coronavirus pandemic. In this interactive conversation, bioethicist Dr. Ira Bedzow will introduce a helpful framework for problem solving, especially for difficult moral challenges. We encourage participants in this […]
Resiliency: Coping During COVID-19
CAPC’s Virtual Office Hours are small-group consulting calls with leading subject matter experts. Experienced faculty will answer your questions on a wide variety of challenging topics. Stay for the whole hour, or hop on, hop off. This supportive session provides an opportunity to discuss with your peers how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting you personally […]
Self-Reflection to Support Grief and Growth
Summer 2020 Series: Patio Ponderings with Kath and Misha A series of online meet-ups offered by the BC Centre for Palliative Care for BC’s Health Care Assistants – a safe environment to share your stories, stresses and triumphs… and there’s a fun contest for prizes! Click for more information COVID-19 has brought so many losses […]
Clinical Protocols: What Real Cases Have Taught Us
Pallium Canada Webinar: Panelists will share their experiences caring for patients with COVID-19 symptoms. They will compare their experiences and emerging insights using current COVID-symptom protocols. Host: Jeffrey B. Moat, CM Moderator: Denise Marshall BSc, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP Panelists: Anne Bhéreur, MD, CCFP (PC), FCFP and Anne Boyle, MD The topic for this webinar has […]
Managing Through the COVID-19 Crisis
CAPC - Virtual Office Hours 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 […]
Thoughts on Implementing Change Initiatives in Healthcare
Ariadne Labs invites you to join the first Serious Illness Care Community of Practice webinar of this year on Thursday, September 3, from 12-1 pm ET. Bill Berry, MD, MPA, MPH, will be leading the webinar entitled "Thoughts on Implementing Change Initiatives in Healthcare: Examples from Serious Illness, Surgery, and COVID-19." Dr. Berry brings with […]
The Pears and Pitfalls of Person-Centred Outcome Measures
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association invites you to attend a webinar on the Pears and Pitfalls of Person-Centred Outcome Measures. This session will introduce participants to the use of person-centred outcome measures to drive results in palliative care and Compassionate Community Initiatives. Learning Objectives • To define and describe quality […]
Dignity Therapy Training Workshop 2020
canadian museum for human rights 85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaCancerCare Manitoba is proud to present an intensive two-and-a-half-day Dignity Therapy Training Workshop led by Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov. The goal of Dignity Therapy is to help bolster the dignity of dying patients and address their suffering. This therapeutic intervention invites individuals with life-limiting illnesses to reflect on matters of importance to them. Using the […]
Relieving Moral Distress in the Time of COVID-19
CAPC - Virtual Office Hours This supportive session provides an opportunity to discuss with your peers the morally distressing challenges you’ve experienced as you respond to the coronavirus pandemic. In this interactive conversation, bioethicist Dr. Ira Bedzow will introduce a helpful framework for problem solving, especially for difficult moral challenges. We encourage participants in this […]
COVID-19 Through a Quality Lens: How a Pandemic Pushed Advanced Care Planning to the Forefront
COVID-19 Through a Quality Lens: How a Pandemic Pushed Advanced Care Planning to the Forefront In this webinar, you will learn how the Fraser Health Advance Care Planning Team responded to the increased need to support patients in Advance Care Planning by: • Creating COVID-19 specific tools such as Serious Illness Conversations Guide and supportive […]
Kaleidoscope 2020 – Virtual Grief Convention for Families and Professionals
Kaleidoscope 2020 is the Camp Kerry Society’s first Virtual Grief Convention for Families and Professionals. From September 24 – 27th, we will gather as a community impacted by serious illness, grief and loss to share in four days of connection, inspired learning and hope. Expect to participate in a wide range of workshops, experiential sessions […]
The Leader’s Role: Forging New Paths for Racial and Health Equity
Organized by Center to Advance Palliative Care The first six months of 2020 have presented unprecedented challenges to palliative care program leaders, first with the COVID-19 pandemic, and then with much-needed attention to racial injustice. Those two intersect when one considers the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of color. This webinar, part of CAPC’s […]
Pediatric Palliative Care
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 […]
Advance Care Planning & Social Work in Canada – Part 1
Organized by Canadian Association of Social Workers and Fraser Health Authority 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 […]
