Newsletter: November 2024 Edition
From the President’s Desk
Dear Friends,
It is with great respect and admiration that we pay tribute to Dr. Robert Twycross, the visionary Palliative Care Physician who left an indelible mark on our field. Two weeks ago, we shared the news of his passing, and now we take a moment to reflect on his remarkable legacy and the impact that he had on our lives and work. Personally, I am grateful for the opportunity to have met Dr. Twycross a few months ago at his home in the UK, and I will always cherish the memories of our conversation. We invite all our friends and colleagues from Palliative Care to join us in paying tribute to Dr. Twycross by sharing their own memories on the IAPC’s Dr. Robert Twycross memorial webpage. Please click here to pay your tributes and flip through the pages of the memories and tributes shared by our colleagues…
Announcements / Messages from IAPC
IAPC’s Infographic of the month
Ms Sneha P awarded the ‘IAPC’s Gold Medal for Nurses 2024’
Call for Proposal: IAPCON 2027
IAPCON 2025: Submit abstracts before 15th November, 2024. Interesting prizes announced!
IAPC’s Election Notification
IAPC’s Central Council members visit IAPCON 2025 Venue at AIIMS, Jammu
IAPC pays heartfelt tribute to Dr. Robert Twycross: India’s ‘Teacher of Palliative Care’
The IAPC’s special initiative ‘Compassionate Growth: A celebration of every step forward’ is now published
Submit details of your ‘WHPCD celebrations’ in the IAPC’s National Portal
Get your free Digital Copy of the Global Handbook of Palliative Care!
Tune in at 2:50 p.m. on 12th November, 2024, for a multilingual edition of ‘Singing for the Stars’
Leverage the IAPC’s Social Media to stay connected!
New vacancies from across the country are now published in the IAPC’s Careers page
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
Apply before 11th November, 2024, to participate in the ‘IAPC’s Foundation Course in Palliative Care for Volunteers’
Register before 26th November, 2024, to participate in the IAPC’s ‘Foundation Course in the Physiotherapy – Palliative Care Interface’
Applications invited before 27th November, 2024, to participate in the IAPC’s ‘Foundation course in the Essentials of Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care’
Applications invited for the IAPC’s ‘Foundation Course in Essentials of Palliative Care’
Applications invited for the IAPC’s ‘Certificate Course in Basics of Palliative Care – A blended learning program’
Applications are invited for the ‘Fellowship in Palliative Care 2025’ offered jointly by IPM, SPCP, BSMMU and St Christopher’s Hospice
Dr Jella Nandedkar Memorial Symposium on Evidence based Palliative Care held on 26th October 2024, in Hyderabad
Karunashraya hosted a ‘Design Thinking to Drive Innovation in Palliative Care’ workshop on 14th October, 2024, in Bengaluru
Emirates Palliative Care Conference Makes a Mark
Enhancing End-of-Life Care: Nurses at Neotia Getwel Multi-Specialty Hospital Receive Training on Symptom Management
Update from the APM’s lecture series
Awards and Recognitions
Dr Roop Gursahani honoured with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the INPCS on 21st September 2024 at Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Dr Arun Deka awarded ‘Palliative Excellence Award 2024’, by Deepsikha Foundation
Dr Biji M S honoured by the Indian Medical Association Kerala State Branch
Foundation Stone laid for Pallium India Home in Thiruvananthapuram, on Saturday, 5th October 2024
The Age Care Foundation’s Geriatric and Palliative Care Hospital in Visakhapatnam Celebrates Grihapravesam Ceremony
Interesting Reads
IAPC’s Exclusive Articles
- ‘Advancing the Law for Advance Medical Directives’ by Dr Dhavni Mehta, New Delhi, in observance of Legal Services Day (9th November)
- ‘Distress to de-stress: A journey’, by Dr. Ravi Kiran Pothamsetty, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
- ‘A transformative encounter: My story with Sister Bindu’, by Ms Anu Savio Thelly, Pondicherry
Other Compelling reads
- ‘Bedsheets and other woes’, a republication from ehospice (India edition)
- ‘Prisoners are People too – by Deanna Mezen, Churchill Fellow 2023’, a republication from e hospice
Other upcoming events
Registrations invited for the CME ‘Evidence for Integrating Palliative Oncology in Advance Cancer Setting’, Bengaluru, 23rd and 24th November, 2024
Register now to participate in the Amrita Annual Review – Palliative Medicine Practice updates: A hybrid CME program on 16th November 2024
Submit abstracts before 14th November 2024: Exciting Bursary and Travel Scholarships announced
Participate in the Virtual Quality Matters Conference (QMC), organised by Palliative Care Quality Collaborative, from 20th to 22nd November 2024
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