Program
Conference schedule
| 8:30 - 8:45 |
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Welcome Opening prayer |
| 8:45 - 9:45 |
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| Plenary Canada’s Poor Global Palliative Care Ranking: Unjustified or Cause for Concern? Dr. José Pereira |
| 9:45 - 10:00 |
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| Health Break and Website/Poster Viewing |
| 10:00 - 11:00: Concurrent Sessions A (including Q&A) |
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| Back to Basics Delirium: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management in Palliative Patients Lawrence Lee & Megan Sellick (60min) |
| Emerging Issues and Trends No Fixed Address: Grief, Homelessness, and the Role of Community Memorials Joshua Black & Stephanie Laing (60min) |
| Challenging Clinical Care Needs Compassion, Curiosity, and Caregiver Partnership: Practical Skills to Improve Triadic Conversations in Palliative Care Leeca Sonnema (60min) |
| Psychosocial/Spiritual & Wellness Reimagining End-of-Life Care: A Community-Based Model for Equity, Belonging, and Grief in a Harm-Reduction Palliative Setting Hayley Sallis & Cara Bablitz (60min) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
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| Health Break |
| 11:15 - 11:45: Concurrent Sessions B |
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| Back to Basics Implementing Lessons about Personal Directives from a Health-Law Collaboration: Resources and capacity building for health care providers, lawyers & the public Mary-Ann Shantz (30min) |
| Emerging Issues and Trends Enhancing Nurse Morale, Competence and Patient Outcomes Through Specialized Palliative Care Education Sheldon Wong (30min) |
| Challenging Clinical Care Needs Enhancing symptom identification, management, and reporting in conservative kidney management: a mixed methods study Isobel Casey (30min) |
| Psychosocial/Spiritual & Wellness Presence, Mystery, and the Human Person: Inclusive Spiritual Care and Existential Dignity in Palliative Contexts Jamela Camat (30min) |
| 11:45 - 12:45 |
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| Lunch Poster Viewing/Reflection Space |
| 12:45 a.m. - 13:45 p.m. |
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| Plenary True Patient-Centred Care: Walking the Walk Dr. Pippa Hawley |
| 13:45 - 14:45: Concurrent Sessions C |
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| Back to Basics Pain Assessment and Management in Palliative Care Megan Sellick & Lawrence Lee (60min) |
| Emerging Issues & Trends Trust, Team Values, and the Wabi Sabi Mindset in a Changing Palliative Care World Jacqueline Hui, Joelle Pereira & Amanda Lucas (60min) |
| Back to Basics Therapeutic Communication: Strategies for Navigating Conversations in Palliative Care Sheila Killoran & Jennifer Lam (60min) |
| 15:00 - 15:30: Concurrent Sessions D |
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| Emerging Issues & Trends Advanced care planning and documentation of goals of care designation among adults (≥18 years) living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): a cross-sectional study Avantika Vashisht (30min) |
| Challenging Clinical Care Needs The Importance of Advanced Disease Indigenous Cancer Patient Navigation: Supporting Patients and Families Through Complex Care Trajectories Juliet Foster & Michelle Lack (30min) |
| Psychosocial / Spiritual & Wellness Restoring the Essence of Dignity: Integrating compassionate focused care through the Last Wish Program Matthieu Coulombe & Fate Hurtada (30min) |
| 15:30 - 15:45 |
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| Poster Awards & Closing Remarks Sheila Killoran and Louise Kashuba |