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.
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 […]
Resiliency: Coping During COVID-19
This supportive session provides an opportunity to discuss with your peers how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting you personally and professionally, and to process feelings of anxiety, grief, and uncertainty. Questions and discussion topics for this session may include: • Perspective and advice from peers on what is or is not working • Navigating obstacles […]
Virtual Teaching Principles
Hosted by Ariadne Labs. What are best practices for virtual teaching? Our second webinar for the Serious Illness Care Community of Practice will be on Tuesday, October 13, from 12-1 pm ET. Andrea Wershof Schwartz, MD, MPH, will guiding us through a session on teaching principles when teaching must happen virtually. Dr. Wershof Schwartz is […]
Children’s hospice palliative care: it takes a village
In celebration of National Hospice Palliative Care day for Children 2020, the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association is inviting you to a fireside chat “Children’s hospice palliative care: it takes a village”. Directly or indirectly, we all have a role to play in the interconnected networks of care required to deliver children’s hospice palliative care […]
