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Healthcare Professional Resources
2022-2023 Past Webinars and Recordings
- Research to Practice Seminar Series by Holly Prince, MSW, (PhD. Cand.)
- Adapting the Serious Illness Conversation Guide for patients from diverse communities by Elizabeth Beddard-Huber, RN, MSN, CHPCN(C) BC Centre for Palliative Care; Nicole Wikjord, RN, MN, CHPCN(C) Clinical Nurse Specialist, First Nations Health Authority
2021-2022 Past Webinars and Recordings
- Developing the role of the volunteer to support caregivers of children with medical complexity – A Delphi Study by Robyn Thomas, HBSc, Master of Arts Student Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity theme, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan
- Improving end of life care: Timely identification of patients who would benefit from a palliative approach by Dr. James Downar, MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC Head Professor, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine and Clinical Research Chair in Palliative and End of Life Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
- Improving capacity within Long-Term Care to implement a palliative approach to care: Pearls for Practice by Sharon Kaasalainen, RN, PhD, Professor; and Gladys Sharpe, Chair in Nursing, McMaster University
2020-2021 Past Webinars and Recordings
- The Caregiver Experience of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) by Dr. Sarah Hales, MD, PhD, FRCPC is a psychiatrist and researcher in the Division of Psychosocial Oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada
- Relational practice and pandemic restrictions: A qualitative study of palliative care nursing by David Kenneth Wright, PhD, RN, CHPCN(C) Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa; Academic Lead, Palliative Care and Nursing Ethics Hub, Centre for Research on Health and Nursing; Director at Large—Research, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Nurses Group and Kim McMillan, PhD, RN, CHPCN(C) Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa; Academic Mentor, Palliative Care and Nursing Ethics Hub, Centre for Research on Health and Nursing
- Dis(Connecting) through COVID: Experiences of older persons and their volunteer navigators by Dr. Barb Pesut, PhD, RN, Research Chair in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Frail and Rural Adult Populations; Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan and Paxton Bruce, UBCO Master’s student in Interdisciplinary studies
- Colour outside the lines: Compassion in the 21st Century by Dr. Shane Sinclair, Associate Professor Cancer Care Research Professor, Director, Compassion Research Lab, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
- A Life Well Lived is a Life Well Planned by Laurel Gillespie, MBA Director, Advance Care Planning in Canada Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) and Ryley Garagan, BPR (Hon), Communications Officer, CHPCA
- Perspectives from Families, Decision Makers and Researchers on What Should be Captured to Assess the Quality of Community-Based Palliative Care by Dawn Guthrie, PhD Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Wilfred Laurier University
Student Practicum Training
NOHS is committed to training the next generation of people to provide expert hospice palliative care. We provide opportunities for Medical, Nursing, Social Work, Registered Health Care Aides and other academic students to pursue palliative care practicum training with us.
To find out more information about a palliative practicum experience, please email [email protected].
Webinars
NOHS is committed to developing staff and exporting education programs to caregivers, health care professionals and the public to facilitate better outcomes for clients and their families. This is done by offering two series of webinars each year. One is the Research to Practice Webinar Series offered proudly in partnership with the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention at UBC Okanagan. This is a free, educational seminars to the public on a variety of topics relating to hospice palliative care. The second is specifically tailored to Health Care Professionals working in End of Life Care. Here we share our in house hospice palliative care expertise with professionals who are interesting in earning Continuing Education Points. There is a nominal fee for these webinars.
Research to Practice Seminar Series
In 2012, NOHS partnered with the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention at UBC Okanagan to deliver free, educational seminars to the public on a variety of topics relating to hospice palliative care. These sessions are facilitated by Canadian researchers and stakeholders and are offered 4 times per year. Since we provide an opportunity for people to join online or by teleconference, as well as in person at UBC Okanagan, the audience for these seminars is typically diverse and includes Hospice staff, university students and faculty, Health Authority staff, health care professionals, caregivers, and interested community members – sometimes from across the country.
Upcoming Webinar:
2022-2023 Past Webinars and Recordings
- Understanding Grief Through Existential Analysis by Sebastian Wingfield, MA, CCC
- Addressing the need for culturally safer care at the End of Life for Indigenous Peoples by Holly Prince, MSW, (PhD. Cand.)
- Adapting the Serious Illness Conversation Guide for patients from diverse communities by Elizabeth Beddard-Huber, RN, MSN, CHPCN(C) BC Centre for Palliative Care; Nicole Wikjord, RN, MN, CHPCN(C) Clinical Nurse Specialist, First Nations Health Authority
2021-2022 Past Webinars and Recordings
- Developing the role of the volunteer to support caregivers of children with medical complexity – A Delphi Study by Robyn Thomas, HBSc, Master of Arts Student Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity theme, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan
- Improving end of life care: Timely identification of patients who would benefit from a palliative approach by Dr. James Downar, MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC Head Professor, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine and Clinical Research Chair in Palliative and End of Life Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
- Improving capacity within Long-Term Care to implement a palliative approach to care: Pearls for Practice by Sharon Kaasalainen, RN, PhD, Professor; and Gladys Sharpe, Chair in Nursing, McMaster University
2020-2021 Past Webinars and Recordings
- The Caregiver Experience of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) by Dr. Sarah Hales, MD, PhD, FRCPC is a psychiatrist and researcher in the Division of Psychosocial Oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada
- Relational practice and pandemic restrictions: A qualitative study of palliative care nursing by David Kenneth Wright, PhD, RN, CHPCN(C) Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa; Academic Lead, Palliative Care and Nursing Ethics Hub, Centre for Research on Health and Nursing; Director at Large—Research, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Nurses Group and Kim McMillan, PhD, RN, CHPCN(C) Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa; Academic Mentor, Palliative Care and Nursing Ethics Hub, Centre for Research on Health and Nursing
- Dis(Connecting) through COVID: Experiences of older persons and their volunteer navigators by Dr. Barb Pesut, PhD, RN, Research Chair in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Frail and Rural Adult Populations; Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan and Paxton Bruce, UBCO Master’s student in Interdisciplinary studies
- Colour outside the lines: Compassion in the 21st Century by Dr. Shane Sinclair, Associate Professor Cancer Care Research Professor, Director, Compassion Research Lab, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
- A Life Well Lived is a Life Well Planned by Laurel Gillespie, MBA Director, Advance Care Planning in Canada Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) and Ryley Garagan, BPR (Hon), Communications Officer, CHPCA
- Perspectives from Families, Decision Makers and Researchers on What Should be Captured to Assess the Quality of Community-Based Palliative Care by Dawn Guthrie, PhD Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Wilfred Laurier University