UBC Division of Palliative Care CME Day is dedicated to deepening our understanding and skills in providing care for patients with non-cancer diagnoses. Designed for both generalists and specialist palliative care practitioners, this year's theme "When Organs and Spirits Falter: Palliative Care Beyond Cancer"  focuses on the unique challenges of conditions that often receive less attention in research […]

                Registration now open Virtual Conference Audience: family physicians, palliative care 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! This year’s theme is “When Organs and Spirits Falter: Palliative Care beyond […]

Time to get excited about this year's Division of Palliative Care CME Day—When Organs and Spirits Falter: Palliative Care beyond Cancer! As we strive to every year, we have taken an approach that will appeal to generalists and specialist palliative practitioners alike. This year's focus will be on non-cancer diagnoses, which are especially challenging to […]

This PAHO–IAHPC webinar will address essential and expanded palliative care service packages for children and adults. It will present the evidence, conceptual framework, and proposal for these packages; analyze opportunities, gaps, and challenges for their adoption and integration into health systems; and highlight resources, tools, and technical support from PAHO and IAHPC to strengthen national […]

We're closing out the 2025 National Grand Rounds strong with an unforgettable lecture from Dr. Megan Doherty, WHO consultant for palliative care. She will deliver the Bernard Lapointe Lecture. Review innovative approaches for the implementation of palliative care in different settings. Assess strategies to address the most important challenges in palliative care today. Appraise the […]

    Part of our All Together ECHO Series This in-service session offers an insightful, step-by-step journey through the development of the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society's (PGHPCS) Home Hospice Program—a compassionate model of care that brings hospice support directly into the homes of those nearing the end of life. Attendees will gain a […]

              "Harnessing the power of routinely collected patient reported outcomes (PROs) to improve early access to palliative care: One provincial cancer jurisdiction’s experience" Linda Watson, BScN, MN, PhD Cancer Care Alberta REGISTER HERE Learning Objectives Understand how one provincial cancer jurisdiction in Canada integrated patient reported outcomes into routine […]