Dr. Rohanti Ravikulan Wins Bruce Davis Gold Medal 2016

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dr. Rohanti Ravikulan has won the Bruce Davis Gold Medal 2016,  in the final examination held  at Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozhikode on 17th December 2016. Dr. Rohanti has completed MBBS from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore. This examination aims to improve awareness about palliative care among young doctors in India. The…

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Free training programme for doctors and nurses on paediatric palliative care

IAPC’s Children’s Palliative Care (CPC) Project is organising a free four-week training programme on paediatric palliative care for doctors and nurses at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. The three-day contact session from September 29 to October 1, 2014 will be followed by two weeks of home-based case studies and assignments. The last week will be devoted…

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Colloquium on Spiritual Care in Palliative Care

Spiritual care is now being recognised as an important component of palliative care. How can we deliver spiritual care? How do we address this in a multi-cultural society like India? How does one take a spiritual history? What is the current state of research on this aspect? The Bangalore Hospice Trust – Karunashraya is organizing…

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2014 MD Anderson Cancer Center Palliative Medicine Conference

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s 18th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Supportive Care, Hospice and Palliative Medicine will be held on September 5 and 6, 2014. Prior to the conference there will be a review course on Updates in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Intensive Physician Board Review on September 2 to 4,…

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