Volume 24, Number 7: July 2023
IAHPC Scholarships On Offer for Asia-Pacific Conference
The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care is providing a limited number of scholarships to support successful applicants to attend the 15th Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Conference 2023 at the Songdo Convensia Convention Center in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The conferences takes place October 4-7, 2023. The deadline to apply is July 27, 2023. Results will be announced in mid-August.
Applicants from all disciplines are welcome to apply. You must be a current IAHPC member when applying, and remain so throughout the conference. (Join or renew now and get a 20% discount.) The scholarship pays for travel and registration costs: applicants need to secure funding from other sources to cover additional expenses.
For the full information, and to apply, go to this Survey Monkey form.
Upcoming IAHPC Advanced Courses on Symptom Clusters
The IAHPC will soon announce registration for new additions to its series of advanced courses.
The courses will be focused on symptom clusters: gastrointestinal, respiratory, mental health, and a nursing panel on topics such as wound care and mouth care. The new courses will likely roll out between September and November.
As with the recently concluded Advanced Pain Assessment and Management Course, each symptom cluster will be discussed by experts in the field in three sessions held over three days. Participants can submit questions in advance about difficult clinical cases they have experienced and would like to see discussed.
If you do not already receive emails from IAHPC, and want to be sure to be notified of the upcoming courses, sign up to receive special announcements.
All courses are free to IAHPC members: one more reason to take advantage of 20% off all memberships until the end of July.
Save the date: October 14
Also, on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, October 14, 2023, IAHPC will host a Webinar featuring the Spanish and Latin American compassionate communities movement. This year's theme is compassionate communities.
Reminder
20% Off IAHPC Memberships Continues through July
You still have time to get 20% off your IAHPC membership! The deadline is July 31, 2023. The reduction is across all membership categories. If your membership is still current, the renewal will extend your membership by one year. If your membership has expired, we invite you to rejoin. We now accept direct debits!
We are grateful for your work and dedication to palliative care and hope that you take advantage of this offer; your membership supports our mission-driven programs and our vision of a world free from health-related suffering.
Individual membership rates
| Country Income Category | Regular fee 1 year | 1 year with 20% discount | Regular fee 2 years | 2 years with 20% discount | Regular fee Lifetime | Lifetime with 20% discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | $165.00 | $132.00 | $250.00 | $200.00 | $850.00 | $680.00 |
| Upper Middle | $95.00 | $76.00 | $140.00 | $112.00 | ||
| Lower Middle | $50.00 | $40.00 | $75.00 | $60.00 | ||
| Low | $20.00 | $16.00 | $30.00 | $24.00 |
Institutional membership rates
| Country Income Category | Regular fee 1 year | 1 year with 20% discount | Regular fee 2 years | 2 year with 20% discount | Lifetime | Lifetime with 20% discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | $400.00 | $320.00 | $600.00 | $480.00 | $1,700.00 | $1,360.00 |
| All others | $300.00 | $240.00 | $450.00 | $360.00 |
In other news
World Drug Data of Use for Advocacy and Government Policies
As mentioned in Katherine Pettus' column in this issue, in June the UN Office of Drugs and Crime released its World Drug Report 2023. Pettus describes the report as "a tour de force of statistical analysis" showing trends in all aspects of the cultivation, manufacture, and policing of controlled substances" that can be used in national policymaking, guiding both advocacy and decisions about essential medicines, such as opioids.
The report is available to download online in any of the UN's usual languages The report is structured as two booklets that cover the following.
- Executive Summary (more than 90 key findings)
- Special Points of Interest (takeaways and policy implications)
- Contemporary Issues on Drugs (synthetics drugs and law enforcement challenges, regulating medical cannabis, other issues such as risk to the environment in the Amazon Basin and displaced populations)
- A new feature: Online Segment (trend and data analysis)
The "online segment" is a platform that allows key findings to be searched using filters by region, topic, market, and more. Each key finding contains insights presented through succinct messages and more than 300 data "visualizations," including interactive graphs, infographics and maps.
Pallium India Releases Nursing Courses
A significant milestone was achieved on May 13 when Dr. Mohanan Kunnummal, Vice Chancellor of Kerala University of Health Sciences, launched Pallium India's palliative care nursing course for those with a diploma, BSc or MSc in nursing.
The four-month course is self-directed learning involving 33 modules on pain management, symptoms management, communications skills, and dementia. The entire course requires 50 to 60 hours, averaging 90 minutes to 2 hours per module, and the fee is ?2000 for nurses, and ?4000 for doctors.
The module aims to equip nursing students with the necessary knowledge and skills to provide compassionate and comprehensive palliative care to needy patients. It facilitates comprehensive learning of palliative care for BSc nursing students, helping to ensure that future nurses are well prepared to deliver comprehensive palliative care to patients in need.
Great Idea! When it needed volunteers, Hospice Egypt tried a new approach: recruit students from the medical field by signing a protocol of collaboration with two universities. The protocols were to achieve multiple goals, including: prepare future doctors and nurses for hospice care by giving students hands-on experience that adds to their credited curriculum hours, serve the thousands of patients in need of volunteer care, and spread information in Egypt about hospices generally.
Tidbits Recent podcasts by the excellent End of Life University: The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared, Soaring Spirits: Support for Widowed People, and Navigating Your Parents’ Senior Years.
What’s New in the Calendar
Each year, the IAHPC Calendar of Events lists hundreds of activities of interest to the palliative care community, including conferences, courses, meetings, webinars, lectures and more. Access all listings in IAHPC Calendar of Events: the listings below have been added in the past month.
Australia
Palliative Care Masterclass, "Pain Assessment of the Palliative Patient." Online. September 5, 2023.
Palliative Care Masterclass, "Clinical Ethics." Online. October 17, 2023.
Palliative Care Masterclass, "Physical Assessment of the Palliative Patient." In-person. November 15, 2023, Kew, Melbourne.
ANZSPM Medical and Surgical Update Meeting. Combined in-person and virtual. Conference. November 23-25, 2023, Melbourne.
Canada
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association Conference. In person. October 12-14, 2023, Ottawa, Ontario.
Colombia
XI Latin American Congress of Palliative Care (ALCP). In person. March 6-9, 2024, Cartagena.
Spain
Online Testimonial: "Care based on experience" (in Spanish). Webinar. July 13, 2023.
Uganda
4th Uganda Conference on Cancer and Palliative Care. In person. September 14-15, 2023, Kampala.
Sustainability Training & Mentorship for Hospice & Palliative Care NPOs. Online training. July 1-December 31, 2023.
UK
Webinar Series: "Health Technology in Children’s Palliative Care." July 20, 2023.
USA
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. Webinar. July 11, 2023.
Q&A with Naomi Feil. Webinar. July 20, 2023.
AAHPM’s Fall Advanced Clinical Course: "Essential Psychiatric Skills for the Palliative Care Practitioner." In-person workshop. November 3, 2023. Chicago, Illinois.
Check the Calendar
Find a workshop, seminar, congress, or conference to interest you in the IAHPC Calendar of Events, updated monthly, that lists activities of special interest to those who work in palliative care. Or submit an event for consideration; it’s free!
Promote Your Courses
Promote your education and training events in the IAHPC Global Directory of Education in Palliative Care. It’s quick and easy — just submit your content online.
Do you have any questions regarding the IAHPC Calendar of Events and IAHPC Directories?
Each month, we publish items that may be of interest to our global readership. Contributions are welcomed.
- Content should describe opportunities to advance palliative care and improve knowledge, skills, and networking, e.g., education and training, travel grants, access to online resources, etc.
- 150 words maximum.
- Copy deadline: 20th of each month.
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Please also consider promoting your education and training events in the IAHPC Global Directory of Education in Palliative Care. It’s quick and easy — just submit your content online.