We support the advancement of palliative care knowledge through the Palliative Care Education and Research Conference. Learn about palliative care needs and enhance your knowledge of the practical aspects of palliative and end-of-life care. Explore current trends, issues and research with our invited guest experts and your colleagues.
Attend and get involved in discussions and learnings across a range of topics, during keynote presentations and breakout sessions.
Call for abstracts is now closed
The call for abstracts is now closed. Submissions were invited on the conference theme or on general palliative care topics in the following categories:
- Back to Basics
- Challenging Clinical Care Needs
- Emerging Issues & Trends
- Psychosocial, Spiritual & Wellness
Abstracts will be reviewed using the criteria below.
Review criteria used by the Abstract Committee| General criteria | Research abstracts | Program/Project abstracts |
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- Conclusions are supported by results
- Relevance to conference theme
- Potential application of results
- Quality of writing
| - Key elements include background, methods, results, discussion and conclusion
- Methods, design, data collection and analysis is adequate
| - Key elements include objective, rationale, target audience and design
- Use of theory, prior research, best practice and available evidence
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About the conference
The annual Palliative Care Education and Research Conference, first held in 1989, brings together healthcare providers, researchers, community leaders and other palliative care experts to:
- increase awareness of palliative care needs in our community
- increase knowledge of the mechanisms of physical, emotional, spiritual and social distress
- provide better understanding of ways to control symptoms of life-limiting disease
- improve understanding of patient- and family-centred care
- improve understanding and support for the interprofessional approach
- increase awareness of compassionate values and moral decision-making in palliative care
- create a supportive environment for staff wellness
- provide networking opportunities
- provide a forum for sharing new research findings, both in progress and completed
Increasing your understanding of a person’s unique journey contributes to a person and family-centred approach to care. This allows you to better support patients and their families throughout their illness trajectory. Improving personalization and honouring people where they are at enhances overall quality of care and life, decreases suffering and may even extend survival.
