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.
Week of Events
Session 4 Topic – Anti-racist practice–Anti-Racist Tools for the Palliative Care Context Part 2Â
Session 4 Topic – Anti-racist practice–Anti-Racist Tools for the Palliative Care Context Part 2Â
Competencies – Domain 1 – Principles of PC & palliative approach. Promotes and supports the adaptation of palliative principles in all care settings through capacity building of other care providers/community partners as appropriate for role.  Domain 2 – Cultural safety & humility. Advocates for incorporation of the person’s and family’s cultural traditions, beliefs, expectations, and preferences into decision making, care planning and service delivery models. Advocates for changes in policy to facilitate incorporation of culture into care.  Domain 4 – Comfort & quality of life. Adapts care to address person’s fears and anxieties related to past trauma. Domain 7 – Professional & ethical practice. Participates in community awareness and engagement activities to build understanding, capacity, and inclusion. Addresses micro, meso, and macro factors that influence PC (e.g., internal and external barriers, social determinants of health).    Domain 8 – Self care. Identifies team and organizational barriers and issues and works collaboratively to address them. Promotes an organizational culture that is safe for expression of multiple perspectives and practicing within ambiguity. Become aware of own level of Racism profile through use of self-assessment tools and anti-racism growth chart. Become more comfortable with using anti-racism tools through application of ACTION tool to a case study. Describe how to respond competently to racial comments, behaviours, or policies in the workplace setting through a stance of cultural humility (compassionate, reflective, non-judgmental) in practice. Describe the barriers to responding to racism and identify how racism in the workplace impacts individual staff, clients, client service, and organizational cultureÂ