Experiences of Teaching Palliative Care

03/15/2022

Teachers play a crucial role in PC education. Teachers are expected to organise learning, know the subject area and state of the art, be willing to learn, lead by example, and embody and practise the principles of palliative care. Equipping teachers with evidence-based curricula, clearly defined teaching objectives, method cases and performance assessment strategies should facilitate palliative care education in medical schools.

Nurses with specialist palliative care training are of special importance in Israel

03/10/2022

Read our newest publication reporting on Israeli medical faculty’s perceptions of the current state of the art in palliative care in Israel. The results reflect on particular importance of nurses with specialist palliative care training.

Tele-Palliative-Care Interventions for Formal and Informal Caregivers

10/20/2021

Along with the agreed Targets of References (TOR 3), in our WHO CC at the Paracelsus Medical University we are to assist WHO in the dissemination of evidence and information regarding digital innovations in integrated palliative care.

Undergraduate education is a central measure of Palliative Care status

10/05/2021

Undergraduate education is a central measure of Palliative Care status and should be used as such worldwide.

NursEduPal@Euro towards an improved quality of higher education in the field of palliative care nursing education

05/12/2021

The NursEduPal@Euro consortium consists of four institutes of higher education: The Howest (Belgium), The Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (Finland), The University of Transilvania in Brasov (Romania), and Paracelsus Medical University in Salzburg…

Palliative Care in Parkinson’s disease: A Learning Toolkit Published

12/28/2020

The PD_Pal project is to validate a new model of palliative care, which could be easily integrated with traditional Management when disability limits mobility and independence. Part of developing new standards for palliative care in Parkinson's Disease is…

Performance assessment in palliative care education

10/15/2020

Dr. Piret Paal was invited to discuss the importance of performance assessment in palliative care education during a zoominar organized by Eramus+ financed EDUPALL Project on the 23rd of July in 2020.

Erasmus+ project in connection with Palliative Care and Undergraduate Nursing

09/04/2020

The Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen, along with the research partners in Finland, Romania, Austria and the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), is to develop a guideline to place more emphasis on ‘palliative care’ within the European Nursing study…

The WHOCCNM Annual Report 2020

08/04/2020

Be inspired by all the hard work and dedication of global nursing and midwifery leaders.

News

03/15/2022

A new WHO Palliative Care Collaborating Centre designated

Congratulations to Atlantes Palliative care Team on being designated WHO collaborating centre with a special focus on the global monitoring of palliative care development.

10/05/2021

Guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children

The World Health Organization (WHO) provides evidence-informed recommendations for the management of chronic pain in children.

10/05/2021

Quality health services and palliative care

Practical approaches and resources to support policy, strategy and practice from WHO.

10/05/2021

UHC Compendium

The UHC Compendium informs investments towards achieving the SDGs. This document contains essential information on integrated palliative care.

05/13/2020

Resources relevant to Palliative Care and COVID-19

The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) has compiled this list of resources relevant to palliative care and COVID-19 published by academia, civil society organizations, member states and special agencies of the United Nations, with links to all of the websites and documents listed.

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