Palliative Care Lecture Series

Thanks once again to the Genesis Oncology Trust, we are delighted to present the breakfast lecture series for the year.

This education opportunity is designed for healthcare professionals with an interest in palliative care.  The series is delivered by phone teleconference on the first Thursday of each month, from 7.30-8.30am, from February to December 2010.

Genesis Oncology Trust provides funding to enable all member hospice sites and registered DHB sites to access the series free of charge. Following feedback received and the generous support of Genesis Oncology Trust, this year we are able to extend access free of charge to health practitioners outside these areas via extra sites.  These extra sites will fill fast, so if you are interested in phoning in from a landline at your practice location to access the palliative care lectures, please contact us to register.

The Genesis Oncology Trust Palliative Care Lecture series 2010 has been endorsed by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and has been approved for up to 1 hour per session CME for General Practice Educational Programme Stage 2 (formerly AVE) and Maintenance of Professional Standards (MOPS) purposes. 

Current and upcoming lectures:

2 September 2010

Topic: Palliative Care in Context: An ethnographic account of the journey from diagnosis to the end of life.
Presenter: Catherine Hughes, PhD, Social Worker, Hospice West Auckland

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7 October 2010
Topic: Hearing the voices within the family
Presenter: Janet Mikkelsen, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Paediatric Palliative Care team, Starship Children's Hospital

4 November 2010
Topic: Delivering Palliative Care in a Rural Setting- the challenges!
Presenter: Dr. Paul Cooper, Maree Johnston and Jan Wiechern, Buller District, West Coast

2 December 2010
Topic: National Palliative Care Health Needs Assessment- preliminary findings
Presenter: Wayne Naylor, Senior Analyst- Palliative Care, Cancer Control New Zealand