Enrol for the “ASCO Palliative Care’s e-Course” offered jointly by TMH, ASCO and PCIC The Tata Memorial Hospital Department of Palliative Medicine in collaboration with American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Curriculum (PCIC ) Project is pleased to organize an ‘ASCO Palliative Care e-Course’ (APCeC). The advanced Palliative Care course…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 26 Lecture Date: 8th August, 2022 Topic: Palliative drugs in special situations Speaker: Dr Aswathi Praveen Moderator: Dr Anuja Damani The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are…
Read MoreIAPC Academy’s online Lecture Series 5 “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” ― Albert Einstein The IAPC Academy’s online Lecture Series 5 will be on ‘Training in Palliative Care Research’ This series aims to introduce our budding researchers to the basic concepts in research. It focuses…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 25 Lecture Date: 1st August, 2022 Topic: Parenteral analgesics and infusions Speaker: Dr Nengneivah Haokip Moderator: Dr Balbir Kumar The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are requested…
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Newsletter: August 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, On behalf of the IAPC, I am elated to announce travel scholarships worth Rs. 1,00,000/- for IAPC Members presenting papers at IAPCON 2023. The winners of the scholarship will be selected by the Scientific Committee of IAPCON 2023. Authors of the 10 best abstracts, will…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 24 Lecture Date: 25th July, 2022 Topic: Drug interactions in Palliative Care Practice Speaker: Dr Gayatri S Moderator: Dr Krithika Rao The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions,…
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Music Therapy in the journey of a cancer patient – Dr. Arkanil Gain, New Delhi Cancer is one of the most feared and stigmatized diagnosis prevailing in this world. It disrupts various aspects of one’s life starting from the physical, social, psychological aberrations and their interpersonal relationships. The journey for a cancer patient and their…
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There Are Some – Mr. Harshvardhan Ghanshyam More, Kohlapur There are some, whose steady hands made,Take the incision with 15 no. blade There are some, who look for many causes,To calculate, the confusing chemo doses There are some, with caution and precaution,To decide, the fraction and dose of radiation There are some, with head in…
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Perspectives: Palliative Care Home Visit – Col. (Dr.) Nikahat Jahan, Secunderabad After serving twenty years as a specialist in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, I started training in the field of Palliative care. As a part of my training I, along with three of my colleagues, had the opportunity to join the palliative care team…
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Spreading the essence of empathy: an NGO experience in Patient Navigation – Dr. Anupama Mukherjee, Goa On a rainy evening, during a routine visit to the Medical Oncology ward at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Goa, we chanced upon a weak yet playful boy curled up at his bed by the window-side. The nurses…
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