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33rd Annual Palliative Education & Research Day
Monday, October 24, 2022 - Online Event
Day at a Glance
We are happy to offer an agenda of amazing, innovative, and up-to-date sessions presented by expert speakers. Visit the FAQ page to learn more about accessing sessions.
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All sessions will be available after the conference is over in a recorded video session. We will be sending out communication on how to access the sessions soon after the last day of the conference for registrants to access the recordings behind a registrant-only area on the website.
All times are in Mountain Time (MT). The timing of this program is made to accommodate speakers and registrants from all time zones across Canada as best as possible.
Program
0815-0915
The Bridge from Conflict to Opportunity: Keeping Hope Alive in Palliative Medicine
A1
The Power of Art in Understanding Grief: Acknowledging Our Temporality
A3
Top 10 Palliative Care Studies of 2021
Angela Gee, Clinical Pharmacist - Palliative Care
A4
Delirium: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management in Palliative Patients
Megan Sellick, MD, CCFP (PC) Palliative Care Physician; Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
B1
Interactive activity books to support children who are grieving or living with serious illnesses
B2
The PaCES (Palliative Care Early and Systematic) Project: Impact of each component of the multi-faceted PaCES intervention on early referral to specialist palliative care
Madalene Earp, Patricia Biondo, Shireen Kassam, Crystal Beaumont, Aynharan Sinnarajah, Jessica Simon
B5
Virtual Palliative Care - An Innovative Response to the Pandemic
Nancy Campbell RN BN MSc DTN
1200-1300
Optimizing Patient-Centre Palliative Care: Exploring Interdisciplinary Competencies & Education
C1
Person-centered Care for Family Caregivers: Advanced Education to Foster Family Caregiver Resilience
Tanya L’Heureux, et al.
C2
Do patients understand us? A multidisciplinary approach to assessing disparity in health literacy among patients with advanced cancer: exploring impact on symptom management, quality of life and understanding of care plans
Cecilia Mah, BScPharm, PharmD; Shehla Ramji, MRT(T); Tricia Laffin, MRT(T)
C3
Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics associated with medical assistance in dying among Alberta cancer patients
K. Brooke Russell, Claire Link, Siwei Qi, Andrea Delure, Linda Watson, Brian Kelly, James Silvius, Fiona Schulte, Barry D. Bultz
C4
Let’s Cure Polypharmacy: Investigating Practical Approaches to Desprescribing in Palliative Patients
C5
Tissue Donation and Collaboration with Palliative Units and ASSIST
Jesse Hughes