Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative and End-of-Life Care (LEAP) Core

Continuing Professional Development - Mainpro-C Workshop

Workshop Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 and Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - Toronto

Registration Deadline: Saturday, March 5, 2016

LEAP Core is led by Pallium Canada’s Certified Facilitators who are experienced palliative care clinicians and educators.

FACILITATOR: Dr. Lori Teeple (Read bio).

CO-FACILITATOR(S): Dr. Glen Maddison, Dr. Andrea Moser and Amanda MacLennan

Registration: 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Workshop: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Program Description:

In an interactive two-day course, Pallium Canada’s LEAP Core offers interprofessional clinicians competency-based palliative care education based on Canadian realities and current best evidence. LEAP Core covers:

• Being aware
  
• Taking ownership
  
• Pain management
  
• Essential conversations
  
• Decision making in palliative care
  
• Advance care planning
  
• GI symptoms, hydration and nutrition
  
• Last days and hours
  
• Psychosocial and spiritual care
  
• Palliative sedation
  
• Grief
  
• Useful tools and resources
  

FEE: $1000.00 plus HST 

Please note that on-site registration will not be permitted. Registration is open to an interprofessional audience (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and social workers) and includes 1-year admission to the Pallium Portal (e-learning and clinical support tools). 

This program is run as a collaboration between the OCFP and Pallium Canada. For more information about Pallium Canada, please visit www.pallium.ca.

CREDITS
This program meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and is accredited for 13.25 CFPC Mainpro-C Credits.

CANCELLATION POLICY
The OCFP reserves the right to cancel sessions due to unforeseen circumstances or insufficient advance registration. In the event of a cancellation made by the OCFP, a full refund will be given to the registrants. However, the OCFP cannot accept responsibility for out-of-pocket expenses due to cancellation of a session. Cancellations made more than 15 business days prior to the date of the event will be refunded, less a 25% administration fee. No refunds will be provided after this deadline.

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