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.
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Domain 1: Principles of Palliative Care and Palliative Approach – cohort 1
onlineIntroducing a new ECHO series for all Health Care Providers. These sessions are for anyone working with people who are affected by serious illness incorporating the palliative approach to care into your daily practice in any clinical setting. This short 30-minute session is designed to be a vehicle for sharing your own experience, resourcefulness, and […]
Bluewater Palliative Care Retreat
Hybrid AMS Nest at UBC 6133 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, CanadaThe 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 […]
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Domain 4: Comfort and Quality of Life – cohort 1
onlineIntroducing a new ECHO series for all Health Care Providers. These sessions are for anyone working with people who are affected by serious illness incorporating the palliative approach to care into your daily practice in any clinical setting. This short 30-minute session is designed to be a vehicle for sharing your own experience, resourcefulness, and inventiveness […]
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 […]
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Domain 8: Self-care – cohort 1
onlineIntroducing a new ECHO series for all Health Care Providers. These sessions are for anyone working with people who are affected by serious illness incorporating the palliative approach to care into your daily practice in any clinical setting. This short 30-minute session is designed to be a vehicle for sharing your own experience, resourcefulness, and […]
BCPSQC – Northwest Patient Safety Conference 2022
onlineThe Northwest Patient Safety Conference is the only event of its kind in the Western US, uniting healthcare professionals, providers, patients, families, and caregivers from all care settings for networking and engaging with industry thought leaders and others invested in improving the patient experience. We’re excited to collaborate once again with the Washington Patient Safety Coalition […]
McGill International Palliative Care Congress
MONTREAL CONVENTION CENTRE 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montréal, QC, CanadaAfter a four-year pandemic-induced hiatus, the 23rd edition of the McGill International Congress on Palliative Care will be held at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, from October 18 to 21, 2022. The McGill International Congress offers it all: from galvanizing plenary speakers to in-depth workshops and seminars covering all aspects of end-of-life care, from […]
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 […]
An Introduction to Advance Care Planning
onlineAn Introduction to Advance Care Planning ECHO Target Audience Individuals, groups, and organizations that may not yet know about ACP Key Learning Objectives and / or Competencies By the end of the session participants will: Have an increased awareness of the BC CPC, specifically ACP toolkits and resources and want to learn more Have thought […]
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Domain 2: Cultural Safety & Humility – cohort 1
onlineIntroducing a new ECHO series for all Health Care Providers. These sessions are for anyone working with people who are affected by serious illness incorporating the palliative approach to care into your daily practice in any clinical setting. This short 30-minute session is designed to be a vehicle for sharing your own experience, resourcefulness, and […]
UBC Division of Palliative Care CME Day 2022
onlineAudience: family physicians, palliative care physicians, emergency physicians, hospitalists, nurse practitioners practicing palliative care, nurses, pharmacists, residents and students. Overview: Registration is now open for this year’s UBC Division of Palliative Care CME Day! The theme for this year is "Back to the Future: Essentials of Modern Palliative Medicine." We hope you can join us! Up to […]
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 […]
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Domain 5: Care Planning & Collaborative Practice – cohort 1
onlineIntroducing a new ECHO series for all Health Care Providers. These sessions are for anyone working with people who are affected by serious illness incorporating the palliative approach to care into your daily practice in any clinical setting. This short 30-minute session is designed to be a vehicle for sharing your own experience, resourcefulness, and […]
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Domain 7: Professional & Ethical Practice – cohort 1
onlineIntroducing a new ECHO series for all Health Care Providers. These sessions are for anyone working with people who are affected by serious illness incorporating the palliative approach to care into your daily practice in any clinical setting. This short 30-minute session is designed to be a vehicle for sharing your own experience, resourcefulness, and […]
Canadian Children’s Grief Awareness Symposium
onlinePlease join us for a unique and exciting educational event that will help to build your capacity to support grieving children, youth and families in the communities you serve. The Canadian Alliance for Grieving Children & Youth (CAGCY) along with three hosting organizations (Lighthouse for Grieving Children, Lumara Grief & Bereavement Care Society, and Seasons […]
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association – 2022 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Learning Institute
onlineThe 2022 CHPCA Learning Institute is going virtual. Due to the unpredictability of COVID-19 and public health measures, the CHPCA will be presenting the 2022 Learning Institute online. The Learning Institute will continue to offer the same fantastic caliber of content, including five unique education streams – offering the most innovative and timely teachings in […]
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 […]
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Domain 3: Communication – cohort 1
onlineIntroducing a new ECHO series for all Health Care Providers. These sessions are for anyone working with people who are affected by serious illness incorporating the palliative approach to care into your daily practice in any clinical setting. This short 30-minute session is designed to be a vehicle for sharing your own experience, resourcefulness, and inventiveness […]
Flexing Your Core ECHO-Domain 6: Loss, Grief, and Bereavement – cohort 1
onlineIntroducing a new ECHO series for all Health Care Providers. These sessions are for anyone working with people who are affected by serious illness incorporating the palliative approach to care into your daily practice in any clinical setting. This short 30-minute session is designed to be a vehicle for sharing your own experience, resourcefulness, and […]
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 […]
