2015; Volume 16, No 7, July

Resources

Each month, we publish a limited selection of items that we feel will be of interest to our global readership. Content is welcomed but please observe the criteria for inclusion:

Content should describe opportunities to advance palliative care and improve knowledge and skills and networking, e.g. education and travel grants, access to online resources, etc.
150 words maximum.
Content must be relevant to a global audience.
Copy deadline: 27^th day of each month.
With more than 8,000 readers from across the world, the IAHPC Newsletter is a great place to share information. To submit information, please email the editor. We reserve the right to edit content.

FREE IAHPC Membership for Undergraduate Students!

The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care is pleased to announce a free one-year membership to undergraduate college/university students of any discipline!

IAHPC membership benefits include:
Free unlimited on-line access and downloads for full text articles from leading palliative care journals, including Palliative Medicine, International Journal of Palliative Nursing, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Indian Journal of Palliative Care, Progress in Palliative Care and the Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacology;
Free IAHPC monthly e-newsletters with updates on palliative care advances around the world;
Free access to the IAHPC’s website with resources; and
The opportunity to participate in IAHPC’s global activities including global advocacy to improve access to palliative care treatment and care and projects on essential medicines and essential palliative care practices.

And many more!

Student membership is valid for one year only and can be renewed annually at no cost as long as the undergraduate status is maintained and demonstrated. The following must be provided:

A copy of a valid, current Student ID or Student card
A certificate from the school/university certifying that the applicant is an undergraduate student. The certificate should be not older than three months.

The undergraduate student application is online in the IAHPC website.

AAHPM Developing Countries Scholarship to attend 2016 AAHPM & HPNA Annual Assembly in Chicago, U.S. Deadline: 3 August 2015

Applications are now being accepted for the AAHPM Developing Countries Scholarship – open to physicians who reside in developing countries (as defined by the World Bank). This scholarship will award up to $5,000 to cover travel and related expenses to attend the AAHPM & HPNA (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association) Annual Assembly in Chicago, Illinois, March 9-12, 2016.

Learn the latest clinical information and research updates in hospice and palliative care from leading experts in the field.

For further information, please contact Jen Bose, Marketing and Membership Manager.

NEW from the Palliative Care Network – free lecture to download

Models of Care and Strategies to Provide Early Palliative Care Delivery

Lecture delivered by Professor Roderick D. MacLeod, Senior Staff Specialist and Conjoint Professor in Palliative Care, HammondCare and University of Sydney, Australia.

Download the lecture here.

PCN aims to alleviate patient suffering by providing open access educational materials for professionals from all disciplines of palliative care on a global scale.

Windows Within Project

Mary York, a hospice volunteer and founder of the Windows Within Project, introduces a new online resource that features the experiences of hospice volunteers

The Windows Within Project is a place where hospice volunteers share profound discoveries and reflections about what truly matters in life. The Project's unique vision is to embrace the ‘windows within’ volunteers and patients and to celebrate the wisdom and inspiration that often accompanies end of life experiences.

Volunteers believe it is an honor to sit with someone who is living through the end of their life. Windows Within Project’s Spotlight Volunteer for April, Sky Yeasayer, expresses it this way, “My work is a great reminder of the preciousness of life.” See her Spotlight feature here and her beautiful ‘Pink Angels’ reflection.

By featuring hospice volunteers and sharing their profound experiences, I hope that we will all learn to better embrace our mortality, and live a life of gratitude and service.

Please share this new resource with your friends, family and colleagues via your social media networks and communities.

Links

WindowsWithinProject
@windowswithin
WindowsWithin

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Education

Your gift funds the operational costs of our online courses taught by globally recognized experts who volunteer their time and provide educational resources relevant to palliative care topics. It also supports scholarships that enable palliative care workers to attend educational events and congresses, and allows us to maintain Pallipedia, the free, live, online dictionary.

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The goal of this pillar is to implement strategies, resources and tools that will improve the competencies of the global workforce for appropriate palliative care delivery. We have two programs under this pillar plus many other resources for our members.

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Palliative Care in Neurological Conditions
Comprehensive Basic Pain Assessment and Management
Advanced Pain Assessment and Management
Comprehensive Symptom Assessment and Management
Advocacy for global, regional, and national advocacy for palliative care
Pallipedia: Free, online palliative care dictionary
Special Issue on Assisted Dying Practices by several authors
Some Notes for Physicians Contemplating a Career in Palliative and Person-Centered Care by Eduardo Bruera, MD
Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide: Are they clinically necessary or desirable? by Dr. Roger Woodruff
How to Help our Patients in their Terminal Phase by Wilson Astudillo A. and Carmen Mendinueta A.
Cómo Ayudar a un Enfermo Terminal by Wilson Astudillo A. and Carmen Mendinueta A.
Palliative Care in the Developing World - Principles and Practice by Eduardo Bruera, Liliana De Lima, Roberto Wenk and William Farr

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Your gift enables us to build and strengthen the partnerships that accelerate global, regional, and national advocacy for palliative care. We advocate for its integration into primary health care under universal health coverage and effective access to essential palliative care medicines and packages for people of all ages. Your gift supports our work to prepare delegates and participate in technical consultation meetings of the relevant UN organizations.

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The goal this pillar is the integration of palliative care into primary health care within the spectrum of universal coverage to improve access to adequate care for patients in need. We offer the following to our members:

Online Advocacy Course
Mentoring for advocacy to develop palliative care in your country
A chance to join IAHPC delegations to UN and WHO meetings
National association collaboration with IAHPC advocacy initiatives
A chance to apply for the Leadership Development Program (LEAD)

Your membership helps us produce and enables free access to the following resources:

IAHPC Advocacy Policy Briefs
Palliative Care Advocacy Why Does It Matter?
Documents on Human Rights and Access to Medicines and Care

Research

Your gift enables us to continue doing research that provides guidance and recommendations for action, based on responses from the global palliative care community. Such research includes our recent evaluation of the impact of euthanasia and assisted dying practices on palliative care workers and the use of essential medicines for palliative care. It also supports the costs of publications focused on research relevant to palliative care.

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The goal of this pillar is to design and implement projects that lead to the integration of palliative care into health policies, resolutions, and key documents. Our studies help us provide guidance and recommendations, and take action based on the responses from the global palliative care community.

Your membership enables you to participate in IAHPC projects such as the:

Global Palliative Care Database
Consensus-based definition of palliative care
Clinical use of tramadol
Opioid Price Watch
IAHPC List of Essential Practices in Palliative Care in English and Spanish
IAHPC Opioid Essential Prescription Package
IAHPC List of Essential Medicines for Palliative Care (in multiple languages)

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