2010; Volume 11, No 5, May

 
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Announcements

IAHPC grants for travel to the 18th International Congress on Palliative Care

The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) will provide 10 scholarships to palliative care workers from developing countries to attend the 18th International Congress in Montréal on October 5-8, 2010. The congress organizers have put together a comprehensive program with sessions in English, French and Spanish.
See the Congress program in http://www.palliativecare.ca/

Applications are accepted from individuals from all health professions and an effort will be made to have a balanced regional representation. Palliative care workers from Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa are welcome to apply. Preference will be given to applicants who meet the following criteria:

  • Are at least 50% dedicated to palliative care in their current work
  • Have not received grants from IAHPC in the past 2 yrs
  • Graduated less than 10 years ago from specialty or medical school
  • Have an accepted abstract for poster / oral presentation

The deadline to submit posters to the congress is May 30th. Deadline to apply for this traveling scholarship is July 15th .

The congress organizers will be giving a reduced registration fee to applicants from low and middle income countries.

Those interested in applying for a grant to attend this meeting, need to complete a Traveling Scholarship application through our website at http://www.hospicecare.com/Travellscholars/

To apply, individuals must be IAHPC members. If you are not a member, you can join IAHPC by clicking on www.hospicecare.com/join.htm  

Once you have completed your application, please submit a copy of your CV to [email protected]

We look forward to your submissions!

IAHPC
5535 Memorial Dr. Suite F - PMB 509
Houston TX 77007 USA
http://www.hospicecare.com


Palliative Medicine Doctor Receives Honor

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio USA: Dr. TD Walsh FRCP, Professor and Director of The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine has received top honor from The Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London, England. Dr. Walsh was elected and awarded diploma of FRCP (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians) by the RCP president and fellow college members. The RCP of London is well known as the first medical institution in England granted Royal Charter by its sovereign and parliament.  The RCP of London is a professional body, which represents over 20,000 physicians; its fellow college members strive to improve the quality of patient care by continually raising medical standards.

Dr. Walsh leads and directs The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine , which is the only medical institution in the United States to receive the European Society ofMedical Oncology (ESMO ) award as an ESMO Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care . This award is only given to those centers , whose program meets and adheres to the highest standards of care and organization set for medical oncologists within a multidisciplinary team program.

The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine is also a recognized World Health Organization (WHO) Demonstration Project in Palliative Medicine, making the Horvitz Center a model for other cancer care hospitals worldwide.


From the EAPC

“Dear  colleague,

A paper titled “The EAPC Task Force on Education for Psychologists in Palliative Care” has recently been published in the April issue of the European Journal of Palliative Care. This article provides important information on the situation of psychologists involved with palliative care, as well as on the background for the setting up of this task force.

Key points of this paper are:

  • Psychologists’ role in palliative care is not well delineated. One of the aims of the newly created European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Task Force on Education for Psychologists in Palliative Care is to clearly define this role.
  • Psychologists lag behind doctors and nurses in establishing specialty postdoctoral curricula in palliative and hospice care
  • The foundation for an international core curriculum for psychologists in palliative care was laid during a workshop at a palliative care conference in Rome in 2008.
  • To develop an international core curriculum for psychologists in palliative care, a major challenge will be to reach a consensus on basic roles and common tasks, and to identify competences that are suitable across different countries.

A free pdf version of the paper can be downloaded here.
You can find more information on the activities of the Task Force clicking here.

With our kind regards and sincere thanks for your interest.”

Saskia Jünger

Sheila Payne


The NHS Evidence Specialist Collection on Supportive and Palliative Care

Dear colleagues,

Each month there is a wide range of new items added to the NHS Evidence specialist collection on supportive and palliative care.  From last month’s list of entries, Dr Jason Boland has selected those which may be of particular interest (see below).  Jason is a clinical lecturer at the University of Sheffield, where he is currently undertaking a PhD.  He can be cont acted via: [email protected]

Users who cannot easily access the web links below from their email software should access the full list via the link near the top of the home page: http://www.library.nhs.uk/palliative/   or See the full lists of new records added each month

 Best wishes,

Richard Stevens, Project Manager, NHS Evidence - supportive and palliative care


NHS Evidence - supportive and palliative care                   

April 2010 Bulletin

National Library of Guidelines

NICE:

American College of Gastroenterology:


Cochrane

CKS

Some of the items added to the 'Evidence in the News' RSS feed last month

See the full list of all new items added to the collection last month

 

Dr Richard Stevens,
Project Manager,
NHS Evidence - supportive and palliative care, University of Sheffield,
Academic Unit of Supportive Care,
Sykes House, Little Common Lane,
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 9NE, UK
Email: [email protected]
www.library.nhs.uk/palliative/
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/supportive-and-palliative-care-evidence.html
www.shef.ac.uk/medicine/staff/rstevens.html


St. Christopher's Hospice Multi-Professional Week - London, UK
10-14 May and 27 September-1 October 2010š


We still have places on our popular course Multi-Professional Week, which is a 5-day course of intensive tutoring in clinical palliative and end of life care repeated 10-14 May and 27 September - 1 October 2010. For staff new to palliative and end of life care or experienced staff who wish to update.
There are few international scholarships to attend this course. For information, contact [email protected]

For detail please click on the following link: http://www.stchristophers.org.uk/page.cfm/Link=1051/t=m/trackLogID=903577_3EE8329555

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Addressing Cancer Disparities in Central and Eastern Europe
(Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Russia)
By Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc.
Closing Date: June 15, 2009
http://www.bms.com/Documents/foundation/BMS_Foundation_Req_for_Proposal_FINAL.pdf


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