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 about the latest innovations in collaborative supportive care models from expert international, national and local speakers. Join the case study discussions to explore how our …

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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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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 the day at 10 am

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 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 areas of palliative care. Banksia’s Learning Centre team have transitioned education to a virtual platform (MS Teams) and are now able to offer multiple sessions …

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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 their families. Topics: • Principles of palliative care • Communication • Providing care – Symptom Assessment & Management • Advance care planning • End-of-life care …

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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 • Recognising patients who need palliative care • Communicating about end of life issues • Voluntary assisted dying in Victoria • Assessing and managing common …

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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 - Clinical Director Palliative Medicine, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem Topics: • Ethical theories and frameworks • Does morphine hasten death? The doctrine of the ‘double effect’ …

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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 by experienced palliative care clinicians, you will refresh your knowledge of the importance of recognising dying and learn about the physical and psychosocial domains of …

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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 areas of palliative care. Banksia’s Learning Centre team have transitioned education to a virtual platform (MS Teams) and are now able to offer multiple sessions …

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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 Audiology at Charles Darwin University who is completing a PhD at The University of Queensland looking at hearing health among Australian immigrants. Their research looks …

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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 the day at 10 am

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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