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Covenant Health Palliative Institute Are you part of an Alberta-based community organization interested in promoting palliative care education in your community?  Are you a healthcare professional with palliative care experience who is interested in providing public education?  If so, please join the Covenant Health Palliative Institute for its PalliLearn ECHO webinar series. PalliLearn is a series of short courses that help people to develop the knowledge and skills […]

              Presentation Synopsis: Synopsis: Rituals and the therapeutic arts help us to acknowledge and honour in tangible ways, our human experience of living and dying. Rituals and art in its various forms can help us to recognise, feel, hold and release emotion that is often not easily put into […]

  Presented by Well Doc Alberta, the Alberta Medical Association’s Physician and Family Support Program, and Alberta Health Services. Join us for a conversation about the challenges that physicians and surgeons face in maintaining their well-being, the occupational hazards and expectations of invincibility, and the stigma associated with reaching out for help, as well as […]

                                              When we – or a loved one – are sick, we expect our health care system to be there to support us through that journey. Palliative care provides critical support for people […]

The objectives of this presentation are to: Highlight some challenges in integrating palliative care models with patients with end-stage neurologic disease, neurocognitive disorders, functional changes, and disability. Understand the impact of these challenges on patients and families, as well as on clinicians and researchers. Review strategies for support and advocacy. Marianne Sofronas, RN, PhD Postdoctoral […]

North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network (NSMHPCN) Aggressively managing the symptoms of patients with a critical life-limiting illness or terminal disease can improve the quality of life for patients and loved ones, regardless of how much time they have remaining. Palliative symptom management approaches disease in a holistic manner, addressing not only the physical […]

Topic: Dyspnea The Northern Health Palliative Care Consultation Team is pleased to offer education using the Project ECHO Model™ via Zoom. ECHO provides an opportunity for clinicians from all areas to connect and participate in case-based education with peers and palliative care experts. The ECHO Model: o Each session begins with introductions and a 15-20 minute didactic […]

Topic: Dyspnea The Northern Health Palliative Care Consultation Team is pleased to offer education using the Project ECHO Model™ via Zoom. ECHO provides an opportunity for clinicians from all areas to connect and participate in case-based education with peers and palliative care experts. The ECHO Model: o Each session begins with introductions and a 15-20 minute didactic […]

The Palliative Care Journal Watch is an ongoing series led by subject matter experts from McMaster University, Queen’s University, McGill University, University of Toronto, University of Manitoba, University of Calgary, University of Alberta and Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Israel. Sessions explore key topics in the latest palliative care literature, with a focus on practice […]