Newsletter: October 2024 Edition
From the President’s Desk
Dear Friends,
The World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD), is an annual Global Day of Action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care. The WHPCD will be observed this year on Saturday, 12th October, 2024. In honour of WHPCD, the IAPC has launched the initiative ‘Share the Progress of Your Institution’s Journey in Palliative Care’, which dovetails under this year’s WHPCD theme, to provide a platform for institutions across India to share and celebrate their unique journeys in palliative care. The initiative aims to showcase the commitment of palliative care institutions and the meaningful impact they’ve made in the communities they serve…
Announcements / Messages from IAPC
IAPC’s Infographic of the month
IAPC’s Election Notification
The IAPC’s Gold Medal for Nurses 2024: Results from the Step 1 Online Screening Examination
Submit entries before 6th October, 2024, to participate in ‘Share the Progress of your Institution’s Journey in Palliative Care’
IAPCON 2025: Conference and Pre-conference registrations invited! Submit abstracts for presentation! Interesting prizes announced!
The ICPCN’s Digital toolkit is now available!
Tune in at 3:50 p.m. on 8th October, 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
Applications invited for the IAPC’s ‘Foundation Course in Palliative Care for Volunteers’
Register now to participate in the IAPC’s ‘Foundation Course in the Physiotherapy – Palliative Care interface’
Apply 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 the Essentials of Palliative Care’
Applications invited for the IAPC’s ‘Certificate Course in Basics of Palliative Care – A blended learning program’
Applications invited for the ‘(EPEC-Pediatrics-India)’ program
The APM’s course on ‘Advance Nursing Skills in Palliative Care’ began successfully on 10th September, 2024
The ‘Part A’ component of the IAPC’s ‘Certificate Course in Palliative Care Pharmacy’ was held successfully on 28th September, 2024
A hybrid workshop on ‘Methadone for pain’ was organised on 13th September, 2024, by the Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, and the IAPC Assam State Chapter
ADPCT trained 150 nursing students in palliative care on 14th and 15th September, 2024
Baptist Christian Hospital, Tezpur, and IAPC conduct a regional program of the IAPC’s ‘Certificate Course in Palliative Care for Volunteers’ at Tezpur between 14th and 16th September, 2024
Over 20 healthcare professionals participated in a ‘Live Workshop on Cancer Communication’ on 18th September, 2024, organised by AHPGIC, Cuttack
35 clinicians from across India participated in the CTC 6 Refresher program in New Delhi, between 20th and 22nd September, 2024
40 senior citizens sensitised about Palliative Care and Advanced Medical Directives on 23rd September, 2024, at Nasik
The Delhi State Chapter of IAPC and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, jointly organised a CME on ‘Pediatric Palliative Care’ on 26th September, 2024
Update from the APM’s lecture series: The Academy of Palliative Medicine’s online Lecture Series 3 announced!
Awards and Recognitions
Dr Naveen Salins bestowed with the ‘Award for Outstanding Alumni 2024’ of Lancaster University, UK
Dr Mami Parija conferred with the ‘Devi Award’ by the New Indian Express on 21st September, 2024
KeSVF awarded the ‘Don Norman Design Award’ for 2024
Christian Medical College (Vellore), Malabar Cancer Center (Thalassery), Rajagiri Cancer Center (Aluva) and the St Johns Oncology Centre (Bengaluru), receive ESMO Accreditation
Sparsh Hospice celebrates 13 years of service on 11th September, 2024
Ganga Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, begins a Palliative care OPD from 12th September, 2024
Bangalore Baptist Hospital inaugurated a 50 bedded hospice at Devanahalli, Bengaluru Rural District, on 24th September, 2024
Amrit Dhara Palliative Care Trust inaugurates their second center at Kalinga Nagar, Bhubaneswar, on 28th September, 2024
Interesting Reads
IAPC’s Exclusive Articles
- ‘Severe Mental Illness and Palliative Medicine’ by Dr Suhana Sulfiker, New Delhi, in acknowledgement of World Mental Health Day (10th October, 2024)
- ‘Chef CM’, by Ms. Alpa Dharamshi, Bengaluru, Karnataka
- ‘Reflections from a Nurses Diary’, by Dr Kripa Angeline A and Dr Kingsle Kishore Coumar, Puducherry
Other Compelling reads
- ‘Silent Suffering: The Tragic Consequences of Parental Conflict on Children’ a republication from e hospice India edition
- ‘For dignity in life… and death – an individual’s preference must be respected even when it cannot be voiced’ a republication from Press Institute of India
Other upcoming events
Register for Stanford Medicine’s hybrid conference ‘Innovations in Pediatric Palliative Care’ on 8th October, 2024
Register to participate in the APHN’s webinar on ‘Nursing in Palliative Care’ on 16th October, 2024
Register to participate in the ‘Palliative Care Symposium’, Hyderabad, 19th October, 2024
The Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Conference 2025: Abstract submissions open! General Bursary and Rosalie Shaw Travel Scholarship announced!
Registrations invited for the CME ‘Evidence for Integrating Palliative Oncology in Advance Cancer Setting’, Bengaluru, 23rd and 24th November, 2024
The ‘South African Palliative Care Conference 2025’ has announced a call for abstracts
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