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 programmes.

The WHOCCNM Annual Report 2020

08/04/2020

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

Nurses in palliative care - EAPC Blog Post Series #nurses2020

07/25/2020

For the first time ever, the nations of the world unite to celebrate the benefits that nursing and midwifery bring to the health of the global population. To mark this world first, the European Association for Palliative Care together with the WHO...

Undergraduate Medical Education in Palliative Care – the EDUPALL Experience

07/16/2020

EDUPALL together with EAPC, AHIIPC & PMU WHOCC and other partners, is offering a series of free online-lectures with leading palliative care clinicians and teachers.

WHO Europe features Katharina Lex from Paracelsus Medical University as the research nurse in palliative care

03/27/2020

“I do not give up easily – that is a useful quality to have in academic research, as the path can be rocky and strewn with setbacks,” says PhD student and nurse researcher Katharina Lex from the Institute of Nursing Science and Practice at the Paracelsus...

Redesignation as WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Science and Education with special focus on Palliative Care

01/21/2020

The World Health Organisation has redesignated the Institute for Nursing Science and Practice at the Paracelsus Medical Private University as WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Science and Education.

Capacity Building and Empowerment at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University

11/26/2019

A one-week multidisciplinary palliative care seminar "Capacity Building and Empowerment" was held from the 25th of November to the 29th of November 2019 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.

Learn, learn, learn – never stop learning

09/30/2019

EDUPALL 3rd short term joint staff training on assessment strategies in palliative care education took place from the 23rd to 27th of September 2019 at the University Clinic of RWTH Aachen.

Happy Birthday DGP!

09/13/2019

The German Association for Palliative Medicine (1994-2019) celebrated its 25th anniversary on the 12th of September in Berlin under the moto: Knowledge creates the Life Quality!

News

08/04/2020

NURSES: Looking to find out more about #painmanagement?

Sign up for the EFIC Virtual Pain Education Summit in 6-8 November! Find out more about the preliminary nursing educational sessions.

07/09/2020

We can’t just stand by: Palliative care education and training needs in the Community of Independent States (CIS), and in Georgia, Ukraine and the Baltic Countries

PACED is a non-profit organisation committed to promote educational initiatives that ultimately result in the provision of compassionate assistance to those at the end of life’s journey.

05/22/2020

73rd World Health Assembly Adopts “National COVID Response” Including Palliative Care

Train, equip, and support health care workers to deliver basic palliative care in all settings, including refugee camps, nursing homes, prisons, at home, and in hospitals.

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.

05/08/2020

WHO Midwifery Assessment Tool for Education (MATE)

The WHO Midwifery Assessment Tool for Education (MATE), developed by the Cardiff University WHO Collaborating Centre for Midwifery Development with European partners, was published on the WHO EURO website on the International Day of the Midwife, May 5th.