Traveling Scholars Program Report
Christantie Effendy
Travel date: October 4, 2023
Name of Meeting/Event/Activity: Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network
Origin: Yogyakarta, Indonesia / Destination: Incheon, Republic of Korea
What were the three main takeaways from this conference/event
1. Palliative care is a humanitarian need
2. Nurses should be competent in addressing palliative care
3. It is important to be a leader in Palliative care
Did you attend a session or workshop on improving availability and access to medicines for palliative care? If yes, describe how you plan to improve the availability and safe and rational use of medicines in palliative care in your institution, city, or country
Yes, in Indonesia, people are still worried and afraid of using opioids as a pain treatment option, therefore health workers need to provide
massive education regarding policies on the use of opioids and their benefits for patients.
Did you attend a session or workshop on education in palliative care? If applicable, describe how you plan to enact changes to curricula in your academic institution
Yes, I will add the topic of primary palliative care and the importance of palliative care at the community level
Did you attend any sessions or workshops on research in palliative care? If so, describe ways you will enact what you learned in your research projects
Yes, I will add the topic of primary palliative care and the importance of palliative care at the community level.
I got the research idea to conduct qualitative research on parents of infants with terminal conditions, and I have a plan to
collaborate with a doctor from Japan who has the same interest
Did you submit an abstract for a poster and/or an oral presentation and if so was/were they accepted? What was/were the title(s)?
Experiences Of Health Care Professionals in Providing Home-Based Paediatric Palliative Care in Indonesia
Yes, I had a pleasant experience because there were several colleagues from Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand who were
interested in my research and wanted to collaborate on joint research
Do you have any suggestions on how you think the IAHPC Scholarship Program can be improved to help future scholars?
Thank you IAHPC for the scholarship award it is really helpful and hopefully more number of member could benefit from the scholarship
program