Announcements
From IAHPC – 20 Traveling Scholarships are now available
The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) is pleased to announce 20 (twenty) scholarships from the IAHPC Traveling Scholarship Program, to help support the travel of palliative care workers in developing countries to the VI Congress of the Latin American Association for Palliative Care (Asociacion Latinoamericana de Cuidados Paliativos - ALCP). The ALCP Congress will take place in Curitiba, Brazil, March 14-17, 2012.
Applicants must be living in a developing country, be active members of IAHPC, and actively working in palliative care. Applications from physicians, nurses, psychologists and other disciplines are welcome. If you wish to apply and are not an IAHPC member, you may join by clicking http://www.hospicecare.com/join.htm
Preference will be given to individuals who have
- not received an IAHPC grant in the past three years
- who have an accepted poster or oral presentation in the Congress or
- who live and work in a developing country in either the Latin American or the Caribbean region.
Applications are available through the IAHPC website in http://www.hospicecare.com/Travellscholars/
If applicable, please send proof of acceptance of the poster or oral presentation, along with a copy of your current CV. Selected grantees will also be eligible to receive a discounted registration fee from the Congress.
Deadline to apply is December 31st, 2011 . Results will be announced by January 2012.
Additional information about the ALCP Congress can be found in http://vicongresoalcp.org/bienvenidos/
Best regards,
The IAHPC Office
From the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa
In order to reduce our conference costs, the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa is presenting our annual conference (August 25, 2011) from a cinema in Johannesburg and showing it simultaneously at cinemas in Durban and Cape Town. There was also live streaming of the conference on the Internet—to view this recent congress on your computer go to www.hpca.co.za and click on To View the HPCA Congress presentations.
Dr Liz Gwyther, CEO
Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa
From the International Palliative Care Resource Center, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice – Treat the Pain/ Life Before Death Video Series
There are many new updates available at www.IPCRC.net ...including open access to several key resources….
Watch video #16. ‘Chronic Pain’ in the Treat the Pain / LIFE Before Death video series at http://www.ipcrc.net/news/treat-the-pain/
A Call to Action:
- Please tell the following individuals to watch this video:
- A healthcare professional you know who sees patients with chronic pain
- People you know who experience chronic pain
Then please ask them what you can do to improve chronic pain management in your/their community!
- Also, please sign the following declarations:
Finally, share your experiences in the comments section on the video page….
Dr. Charles von Gunten, Provost, the Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, presents a short video focused on:
‘Pain Code: Strategies to Get Pain under Control Quickly when there's a pain crisis’
Open access on Medscape http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/747777 (you may have to register first)
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