Opioid conversions Introduction to continuous subcutaneous infusions Banksia Palliative Care (Banksia) provides high quality palliative care education via its Learning Centre Team. Education is facilitated by highly trained and experienced educators, with qualifications and expertise in all areas of palliative care. Banksia’s Learning Centre team have transitioned education to a virtual platform (MS Teams) and …

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Do you want to enrich your knowledge regarding existential distress in your palliative patients?

Do you want to enhance your knowledge regarding gastrointestinal symptoms and their management for palliative patients?

Do you want to enhance your knowledge regarding gastrointestinal symptoms and their management for palliative patients?

Do you want to enrich your knowledge regarding existential distress in your palliative patients?

This symposium will be a forum for healthcare professionals working in advanced chronic diseases to share insights and approaches to the coordination of care in advanced chronic non-malignant diseases. Learn …

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OPA runs regular 30-minute information sessions. Participants have the opportunity to ask questions. The sessions are not recorded as the topics are regularly repeated. Bookings not required; just join on …

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Banksia Palliative Care (Banksia) provides high quality palliative care education via its Learning Centre Team. Education is facilitated by highly trained and experienced educators, with qualifications and expertise in all …

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Do you want to learn about oncological emergencies, including febrile neutropaenia, malignant hypercalcaemia and chemotherapy toxicity?

Do you want to learn about oncological emergencies, including spinal cord compression, superior vena cava obstruction and haemorrhage?

Do you want to learn about oncological emergencies, including spinal cord compression, superior vena cava obstruction and haemorrhage?

OPA runs regular 30-minute information sessions. Participants have the opportunity to ask questions. The sessions are not recorded as the topics are regularly repeated. Bookings not required; just join on …

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Do you want to learn about oncological emergencies, including febrile neutropaenia, malignant hypercalcaemia and chemotherapy toxicity?

OPA runs regular 30-minute information sessions. Participants have the opportunity to ask questions. The sessions are not recorded as the topics are regularly repeated. Bookings not required; just join on …

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Banksia Palliative Care (Banksia) provides high quality palliative care education via its Learning Centre Team. Education is facilitated by highly trained and experienced educators, with qualifications and expertise in all …

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The Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) aims to improve palliative care by increasing the skills and confidence of health professionals caring for people with life-limiting illnesses, and …

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Target audience: Palliative Care providers, and healthcare professionals who care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a life-limiting illness. Topics: • Impact of history and intergenerational trauma • …

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Expand your knowledge regarding the different complementary therapies utilised in palliative care

Understand the importance of the need for cultural awareness in palliative care

This workshop is for General Practitioners based in Victoria (Australia) who care for people with a life-limiting illness. Practice Nurses are also welcome to attend. Facilitator: Dr Rupert Strasser Topics …

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This workshop is for General Practitioners based in Victoria (Australia) who care for people with a life-limiting illness. Practice Nurses are also welcome to attend. Facilitator: Dr Rowan Hearn - …

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Caring for the Dying – A Guide for Health Professionals This advanced practice masterclass is a must for clinicians supporting people dying in any care setting, and their families. Facilitated …

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OPA runs regular 30-minute information sessions. Participants have the opportunity to ask questions. The sessions are not recorded as the topics are regularly repeated. Bookings not required; just join on the day at 10 am

Banksia Palliative Care (Banksia) provides high quality palliative care education via its Learning Centre Team. Education is facilitated by highly trained and experienced educators, with qualifications and expertise in all …

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Understand the importance of the need for cultural awareness in palliative care

This webinar focuses on two hearing projects looking at the needs of older people from CALD backgrounds with a hearing impairment. One research project is by Mich Thornton, Lecturer in …

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Expand your knowledge regarding the different complementary therapies utilised in palliative care

Do you want to learn more about the pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of pain?

Do you want to learn more about refractory pain and how it can be managed pharmacologically, non-pharmacologically and interventionally?

Improving the future of palliative care: Launch of Palliative Care Research Network’s PhD Student group In this Student Showcase, several PhD candidates will be sharing their work, giving a flavour …

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OPA runs regular 30-minute information sessions. Participants have the opportunity to ask questions. The sessions are not recorded as the topics are regularly repeated. Bookings not required; just join on …

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Past, present, and possibilities: Using evidence to inform the future of volunteering across palliative care Catherine Walshe, Professor of Palliative Care at the International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, UK will provide a keynote presentation followed by a Q&A session. Heike Fleischmann, Volunteer Engagement & Capacity Building Manager at Palliative Care Victoria, …

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