Self Care & Compassion In Healthcare; Moving Points in Palliative Care, 22nd Annual Conference, 25 April 2017, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services, Dublin (Link / Flyer)
(Fee €120 (Early Bird €95 – until Thurs 23 March)
With expert international speakers, this exciting one day conference will explore the increasingly recognised area of self-care and compassion in healthcare. Speakers will focus on individual needs and how organisations can support them. It will highlight the importance of reflection and resilience and enable participants to develop vital skills in this important area. Speakers include Dr. Michael Kearney, the internationally renowned palliative care expert, speaker and author who will provide the morning session and Professor Philip Larkin, of UCD and President of the European Association for Palliative Care speaking on compassion, a subject on which he has researched and written extensively.
15th Kaleidoscope Palliative Care Conference, Standing on Shifting Sands: The changing content of Palliative Care (St Francis Hospice) 30 - 31 May 2017, Dublin Castle, (website / brochure)
(Fee €150 one day or €300 two day ( Early bird €125 one day / €250 2 days if booked by 31 March)
This international conference includes international speakers Dr Mark Taubert, Clinical Director for Palliative Medicine, Velindre NHS Trust and Dr Mary L S Vachon, Psychotherapist and Consultant in Private Practice; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Clinical Consultant and co-founder of Wellspring. In addition Dr Regina McQuillan, Dr Tony O’Brien, Niamh Finucane and Dr Paul D’Alton will deliver plenary presentations . Dr Mark Taubert and Dr Mary L S Vachon will also deliver full day workshops.
Call for posters, closing date 7 April 2017 (poster info).