Newsletter: August 2024 Edition
From the President’s Desk
Hello Friends,
On behalf of the IAPC, I am delighted to invite applications for the ‘IAPC’s Gold Medal for Nurses 2024’, an initiative to encourage nurses in palliative care to further develop their skills and knowledge, and achieve excellence in the field. The winner will receive a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/- (Twenty-five thousand rupees only), a citation, and a medal. This winner will be selected through a two-step national examination. The first step is a free online screening examination (100 MCQ’s), which will be accessible from Thursday, 1st August, 2024, to 5 p.m. on Saturday, 31st August, 2024. The top five candidates from this screening will be invited to participate in the second step, an in-person examination on Monday, 28th October, 2024. We encourage our nurses to participate in this examination and compete for the ‘IAPC’s Gold Medal for Nurses 2024’. Please click here for further details regarding the guidelines, selection process, and timelines.
Announcements / Messages from IAPC
IAPC’s Infographic of the month
Last chance to participate in the IAPC’s ‘A photo journey – Looking through the prism of Palliative Care’
IAPCON 2025: Registrations invited for the academic fiesta; New Interesting Pre-conference workshops announced! Abstract submissions open!
Applications invited for the ‘IAPC’s Gold Medal for Nurses 2024’
The ‘Telangana State Chapter of the IAPC’ inaugurated on 29th June, 2024
Celebrating compassion: The IAPC’s celebration of National Doctors’ Day
Tune in at 2:50 p.m. on 13th August, 2024, for a multilingual edition of ‘Singing for the Stars’
Leverage the IAPC’s Social Media to stay connected!
The IAPC’s Careers page has been updated to reflect new vacancies from across the country
Call for Support: Your 2 minutes = Someone’s entire lifetime of Peace, Comfort and Dignity!
‘Saath Saath Helpline’: India’s free palliative care helpline
Education and Training
Applications invited for the IAPC’s ‘Certificate Course in Palliative Care Pharmacy’
Applications invited for the APM’s course on ‘Advance Nursing Skills in Palliative Care’
Apply before 10th August, 2024, to participate in the ‘International NeuroPalliative Care Certificate Course’ offered jointly by INPCS, KMC Manipal, and KIPCER
Apply before 15th July, 2024, to enrol for the ‘Children’s Palliative Care Leadership Program 2025’
TIPS (Pallium India) invites applications for the ‘Online Foundation Course in Palliative Nursing’
Over 300 clinicians participated in the ‘Part A’ component of the IAPC’s ‘Certificate Course in Essentials in Palliative Care’ in July 2024
Delhi State Chapter of IAPC and CanSupport jointly conducted a CME on 6th July, 2024
35 Chartered Accountants sensitised in the basics of Palliative Care on the occasion of National Chartered Accountants Day
A webinar on ‘Let’s change the Ending: A Conversation about Dying well’ was conducted on 11th July, 2024
RMD Pain and Palliative Care Trust sensitises 102 nursing students from Sri Ramachandra University (Deemed), Chennai, on 19th July, 2024
Over 250 clinicians from 80 Districts across North India participated in a ‘Capacity building workshop in Palliative care’ at Jhajjar, between 20th and 21st July, 2024
ELNEC India trains 102 nurses collectively from RT Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, and AIIMS Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, in June and July 2024
40 Doctors from various disciplines participate in the ‘Palliative Medicine pre conference workshop’ during the 2nd HBCH & RC’s Annual Cancer Congress, on 14th June, 2024
Update from APM’s lecture series
Awards and Recognitions
The Subharti Medical College, Meerut, inaugurates a Palliative Care Ward on 15th July, 2024
The ‘RMD Pain and Palliative Care Trust’ completed 20 years of service on 17th July, 2024
Rajagiri Hospital, Aluva, offers free community laboratory facility for their palliative home care patients from 25th July, 2024
The ‘Lakshmi Sundaravadanan Hospital’ completed 10 years of hospital based palliative care service provisioning on 24th June, 2024
JASCAP and Department and Palliative Medicine, TMC Mumbai, collaborated on 24th June, 2024, to develop capacity for bereaved families
Interesting Reads
IAPC’s Exclusive Articles
- ‘Palliative care in humanitarian settings’, by Dr Sunitha Daniel, York, United Kingdom, in observance of World Humanitarian Day (19th August)
- ‘Will you walk with me till death?’, by Ms Vandana Mahajan, New Delhi
- ‘Navigating Digital Legacy as a part of End-of-Life Care Planning’, by Mr Sachin Dwivedi, Rishikesh
Other Compelling reads
- ‘A Home-Visit, away from HOME’, a republication from e hospice (India edition)
- ‘Her Call Was Tougher Than Mine’, a republication from Pulse
Other upcoming events
Participate in the APHN’s webinar on ‘Weaving indigenious ways of knowing into Paediatric Palliative Care’, 6th August, 2024
Register before 7th August, 2024, to participate in TMC’s CEPaC at TMC, Mumbai, on 10th and 11th August, 2024
Registrations invited for the IAPC’s Assam State Chapter’s first conference ‘IAPCON Assam 2024’, 14th and 15th December, 2024, Dibrugarh, Assam
Apply now to participate for ‘e-cancer – TMC Kolkata Psycho-oncology Congress’, Kolkata, West Bengal, 7th September, 2024
Register to participate in the McGill International Palliative Care Congress, Montreal, Canada, 15th – 18th October, 2024
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