Calendar
of Events
Thanks to IAHPC, AAHPM and NHPCO for their calendar listings! 2008 April 29th - May 1st, 2008 Organised jointly by: Event Location: Glasgow, United
Kingdom For information: http://www.pccongress.org.uk/ May 12-16, 2008 Multi-professional Week in Palliative Care: Five Days of Intensive Tutoring in Clinical Palliative and End of Life Care Event Location: St Christopher's Hospice,
London, England Event Description: This established course provides an opportunity for health and social care professionals from a variety of settings and countries to work together on exploring the key principles of palliative care and multi-professional working. It will enable members to develop greater confidence in the practice of their palliative care skills within their own clinical areas, and in multi-professional teams. Contact Information & Registration: Cost £700 includes lunch, drinks and Monday evening meal.For full information, programme and to register, visit our web site: www.stchristophers.org.uk/education Contact: Education Administrator May 28 - 31, 2008 For information: http://www.eapcnet.org/congresses/Research2008.html June 1, 2008 - November 1, 2008 Certificate Course in
Essentials of Palliative Care 2008 Event Location: Various Regional Centers in India Event Description: A basic course in Palliative Care for Doctors and Nurses addressing Concepts of Palliative Care, Communication Skills, Care of the Elderly, Terminal Care, Community Participation, Management of difficult physical symptoms in advanced diseases. Information & Registration:
June
2-5, 2008 AHNA 28th Annual Conference
(Holistic Nurses Association) at the Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton
Woods, NH. Learn, grow and network in a supporting environment. For more
information e-mail conference@ahna.org.
June 19-21, 2008 June 27 & 28, 2008 “Mini” ELNEC-SuperCore Train-the-Trainer Course in Chicago see the AACN website for details July 9-11, 2008 End-of-Life Care Summer Institute Conference George Washington University Medical Center For more information contact: JULY 10 – JULY 13, 2008Compassion and Wisdom at the end of Life: Practices and PerspectivesUpaya Zen Center Phone: 505-986-8518 July 15-18, 2008 2008 Mt. Ida Summer Institute July 21, 2008 An Attachment Theory Perspective on Adjustment to Bereavement July 22, 2008 Children, Death and Grief July 23, 2008 Late Adolescent and Young Adult Loss July 24, 2008 NEHS: Transcendence in Theory and Practice** July 25, 2008 NEHS: Advanced Diversity Skills for Practitioners** **Thursday and Friday is a two day seminar on New Ethics of the Human Spirit. However, each day is a complete workshop and can be taken individually. All workshops run 9:30 - 4:30 (Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8:30) For more information, contact NCDE at ncde@mountida.edu August 3-8, 2008 XVII International AIDS
Conference Mexico City, Mexico Event Description: advocacy, lobby, sharing expereinces,discuss way of improving key humanitarian issues and topics with much emphasis on human rights, gender equalily, health education,learnt more about care,support,treaments, preventernce,homebase .caregive, conceslling Contact Information & Registration: we practical approach that will unleash and nurture the human capacity to create, collborate and change positively, the world at large. Contact Name: Rukia Ahmed Farah August 7-8 August 15-16, 2008 Creating possibilities:
an international palliative care workshop Event Description: A two day workshop designed for experienced clinicians to provide an opportunity to debate contemporary challenges in providing palliative care services. Contemporary approaches to care, leadership, education and research will be addressed. Contact Information & Registration: This workshop is a collaboration between University of Southampton, UK and Dover Park Hosice, Singapore.For further information, please contact Dr Sue Duke at the e-mail address below. Contact Name: Dr Sue Duke Email: Click Here
Sponsored by:The International
Association for the Study of Pain For information and registration: http://www.iasp-pain.org/2008Congress.htm
August 18-20, 2008 August 19 - 24 Grappling with cancer is one of life’s greatest challenges. When gently and skillfully embraced, it also serves as a pathway to profound healing and awakening physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Shambhala Mountain Center, Colorado August 26-27, 2008 Hospice and Palliative Care in Developing Countries Event Location – UC San Francisco – Fresno, CA Campus USA Description – Unique opportunity for healthcare professional interested in serving in Developing Countries. Physician and Healthcare professionals describe the application of Hospice and Palliative Care in rural African settings. Event Website – www.hindshospice.org August 27-31, 2008 World Cancer Congress Geneva, Switzerland For information and registration: http://www.uicc-congress08.org/ August 28-30
Hospice Medical Director Course September
23-26, 2008 Location: Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Canada September 30-October 2 Intensive Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine Sponsor: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Location: Houston, TX For More Information: Click here October 12-15, 2008 2008 NFDA International Convention & Expo Orlando, FL October 23-25, 2008 NHPCO 9th Clinical Team Conference
November 11-12 10th Annual Josefina Magno Conference - Suffering in Serious Progressive Illness: Strategies for Relief Sponsor: Capital Hospice Location: Waterford Ballroom, Springfield, VA For More Information: Click here Spiritual Care Summit Walt Disney World®, Florida, February 1-4, 2009 http://www.spiritualcarecollaborative.org/scc_summit09.asp |
RESOURCES for SPIRITUAL and COMPASSIONATE
END OF LIFE CARE