Interprofessional Seminar Series

The Interprofessional Education in Palliative Care Committee offers an Interprofessional Seminar Series in Palliative Care, an exciting new education series on dying and end of life issues.

Learn about the needs of seriously ill and dying patients and their families; the components of care to assist them (physical, psychosocial, and spiritual); the ways that interprofessional teams work together to provide care in an interprofessional setting.

Undergraduate students from health sciences faculties like medicine, nursing, midwifery, OT/PT, social work, radiation therapy programs, and others are encouraged to participate.

Please click the calender link for a listing of all seminars. You may attend all sessions, or only those that interest you.

Hours of attendance can be applied to program credits!

 

The Interprofessional Seminar Series in Palliative Care has finished for the current academic year.

The next sessions will run in Fall 2012. Please check back in the Fall for upcoming dates and topics.

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Objective

To provide students with opportunities to learn about:

• The needs of seriously ill and dying patients and their families
• The components of care to assist them (physical, psychosocial and spiritual)
• The ways that interprofessional teams work together to provide care

Structure

Eight seminars are held yearly.  Each seminar will be presented by IPE faculty.  The format will consist of a presentation for approximately 90 minutes, followed by discussion for 30 minutes with a questions and answers period.

The seminars will incorporate features that meet the criteria of exposure and immersion type IPE learning.

Faculty of Health Sciences students can register for EXPOSURE IPE CREDIT. Students will need to attend a minimum of 3 sessions in order to obtain credit.

These sessions are currently available for UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS only.

Topics

The palliative care topics will include Philosophy and ethics, Physical Care, Psychosocial and Spiritual care, Care at home etc. Topics that generally cover the field of palliative/hospice care.

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Further inquiries about the program may be directed to:

Liz Clark, Administrative Assistant, Division of Palliative Care
Phone: (905)-525-9140 ext. 20483
Email:elclark@mcmaster.ca