For more information, contact:
Venus A. Watson
Education Coordinator
HMS Center for Palliative Care
Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street, SW411
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone (617) 582-7859
Fax (617) 632-6180
HMS Center for
Palliative Care
May 12 – 15, 2008
Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care Regional Retreat
Grapevine, Texas
Sponsored by Cook Children’s Medical Center
Infants, children and adolescents with life threatening conditions
deserve the very best care possible. We invite interdisciplinary teams
of healthcare providers and family members from all care settings to
join us in this interactive educational retreat.
More information to come in February 2008. For immediate questions,
contact Amanda Mrstik 682-885-3841 or by
email.
May 28-30, 2008
International Multidisciplinary Conference on Pediatric Procedural
Sedation
Savannah, GA
Hospitals, office-based physicians, dentists and any health
practitioners involved in sedation are invited to convene with research
leaders and share practices with experts from around the United States
during this dynamic program.
Abstracts submissions will be accepted until February 29, 2008.
For more information, visit their
web site or call the Memorial CME Department at 912-350-8168 or
912-350-4357
June 9-13, 2008
Pediatric Pain Master Class
Minneapolis, MN
Sponsored by: Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of
Minnesota Pain & Palliative Care Program; Children’s Institute for Pain
and Palliative Care
• Expert Faculty, Coordinated by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
• State of the art pain management from a multidisciplinary
perspective
• Medical, psychosocial, and integrative therapies
• Covering acute, recurrent and chronic pain
• Pain assessment and management of somatic, visceral,
neuropathic, psychosocial and spiritual pain
• End-of-life management
This course is designed for physicians and nurse practitioners.
For more information,
contact CIPPC by email or by phone at 612-813-6328
For more information,
visit their
web site
August 28 - 30, 2008
Current Concepts in Palliative Care: Update and Review Course
Chicago, IL
How You Will Benefit
You will learn about current practices, clinical advancements, and
research updates in palliative care from experts in the field; expand
your clinical knowledge and acquire the necessary resources and skills
for delivering quality care to your patients; and attain a comprehensive
foundation for ABMS certification examination.
The purpose of the course is to improve the quality of patient care by
preparing physicians and other health care providers to integrate
palliative care into all health care for serious or life-threatening
conditions and to ensure that pain and symptom control, psychosocial
distress, spiritual issues and practical needs are addressed with
patients and their families throughout the continuum of care.
Course Objectives
* Assess patient pain, other symptoms, and side effects and recommend a
care plan based upon the best available evidence.
* Identify psychological and psychiatric aspects of patient care
including grief and bereavement.
* Perform a spiritual, existential, social, and cultural assessment of
patients and recommend care plans.
* Analyze communication techniques and group dynamics used with the
interdisciplinary care team, families, and patients in palliative care.
* Discuss legal and ethical concerns related to palliative care.
For more information,
visit their web
site
September 23-26, 2008
The 17th International Congress on Palliative Care
Montréal, Canada
Presented by the Palliative Care Division of the
Departments of Medicine and Oncology of McGill University, this biennial
Congress has grown to become one of the premier international events in
palliative care. Healthcare professionals, therapists, volunteers and
all those involved in care for the dying come to renew themselves as
providers of care and to obtain the inspiration that will help them
shape the palliative care of the future. Since the first Congress in
1976 under the leadership of palliative care pioneer Dr. Balfour Mount,
there has been increasing agreement in the field that palliative care
should be provided from diagnosis, hence the shift to “Palliative Care”
from “Care of the Terminally Ill” in the title of the 2008 Congress.
This year’s outstanding programme will feature five
plenary sessions, four day long Concurrent Seminars, research fora, and
over 80 workshops
and symposia. In 2008 for the first time, the Congress will be a
trilingual event, with simultaneous interpretation of selected sessions,
including all Plenaries, into Spanish as well as French. There will also
be a special focus on palliative care as a basic human right and how to
develop and support programmes and initiatives in Africa, Asia and Latin
America. Poster abstracts may be submitted until May 28, 2008.
The early registration deadline is March 24, 2008.
For more information, to register or to submit an abstract, please visit
the website or call 450-292-3456
ext. 227
Sept 25-28, 2008
The MISS Foundation’s Annual Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
Intended Audience: Bereaved families, physicians, nurses,
academics, counselors, social workers, psychologists, funeral directors,
first responders, public health and policy makers, and more. For more
information,
visit their web site
October 2-5, 2008
7th International Forum on Pediatric Pain
White Point, Nova Scotia
The title of the next meeting will be "Assessing
Pediatric Pain: Current Evidence and Practice" and will feature
presentations by internationally recognized faculty, as well as your own
peer-reviewed posters. We also plan to integrate discussion of
challenging cases.
For more information,
visit their web site
Christine Chambers, Allen Finley, & Patrick McGrath,
Co-organizers, 6th International Forum on Pediatric Pain
October 3 & 4, 2008
12th Annual Interdisciplinary Approach to Symptom Control, Palliative
and Hospice Care Conference
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
The following Review Courses will be offered:
Intensive Board Review Course in Hospice & Palliative Medicine,
September 30, 2008 through October 2, 2008, and
Pain and Symptom Management in Patients with Advance Disease:
Clinical Review for Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses, October 1 &
2, 2008
For more information,
visit their web site
November 13-15, 2008
From Concept to Critical Mass: Building & Sustaining Today's
Palliative Care Program
Grapevine, Texas
The new CAPC Level I / II Seminar is designed with
in-depth content and rich networking opportunities for programs at every
stage. Choose from a host of focused workshops, discussion sessions, and
breakouts that address your particular program needs, including:
*Pediatric Program Development
*Strategic Planning
*Outpatient Programs
*Pharmacy Protocols
*Quality Metrics
*ED/ICU Outreach
*Oncology Collaborations
*Hospice-Hospital Dynamics
For more information,
visit their web site
November 16 – 19, 2008
Children’s Hospice International’s 19th World Congress
San Francisco, California
CHI’s 19th World Congress will feature leaders in
children’s hospice, palliative, home and end-of-life care highlighting
new and innovative programs from around the world.
Our most significant educational effort is the CHI World Congress.
First held in 1983, this conference helps educate those who care for
children with life-threatening conditions and their families about the
latest trends in the field and provides real-world examples of
innovative approaches to pediatric curative, palliative and hospice
care.
For more information,
visit
the conference web site
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