Tuesday, October 9, 9:00 - 17:30

THE PROCESS OF WHOLE PERSON CARE:
An Interactive Session Using Standardized Patients
Organizers and Chair: TOM A. HUTCHINSON, McGill Programs in Whole Person Care, Montréal, QC

Whole person care is a new medical paradigm that combines the cure of disease and the facilitation of healing in a seamless process of care that changes as the illness progresses. We will explore the moment-to-moment dynamics of whole person care throughout the illness trajectory from diagnosis to final outcome using short didactic sessions, simulated interviews with actors in small groups, debriefings, small group discussions and large group review.

MASTER CLASS:
Clinical Management of Advanced Neurodegenerative Diseases
Organizers and Co-Chairs: ROMAYNE GALLAGHER, Hospice Palliative Care Program, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC and
DAVID HENDERSON, Colchester-East Hants Palliative Care Program, Truro, NS

(Seminar in English with simultaneous interpretation into French.)

Although cancer has been the predominant diagnosis seen by Palliative Care providers, Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the Hospice movement, had always intended for people with all terminal diagnoses to have access to hospice care. In response to the increasing proportion of non-malignant diagnoses in programs worldwide, we will explore the palliative approach to the challenges of neurodegenerative and psychiatric conditions and related symptom management issues.

Organized in collaboration with the Canadian Society for Palliative Care Physicians

FOCUS ON THE NURSING EXPERIENCE:
Bridging Humanism and Professionalism
Organizers and Co-Chairs: MARYSE BOUVETTE, Bruyère Continuing Care, Ottawa, ON and VASILIKI BITZAS, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC

(Seminar wil be bilingual with simultaneous interpretation.)

An opportunity for Palliative Care nurses and other caregivers to examine how their work impacts their being as a person and vice versa. What does it mean to work with the dying? How do we support ourselves and each other? How can we recognize the "warning signs" which indicate that stressors need to be addressed?

Tuesday, October 9, 9:00 - 17:30
Wednesday, October 10, 11:00 – 17:30

PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE:
State of the Art & Science in Pediatric Palliative Care
Organizers and Co-Chairs: STEPHEN LIBEN and MARY ELLEN MACDONALD, The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montréal, QC

This two day Seminar will showcase the very best and most recent ongoing work in evidence based clinical practice, education, and program development in the field of pediatric palliative care. The programme will include a combination of internationally renowned speakers and presenters selected through abstract submission.

• Fundamentals of Palliative Care Nursing
  
  
• Pharmacotherapy
  
  
• Neurological Diseases and the Management of Neurological Symptoms in Patients Approaching the End of Life
  Sponsored by The Montréal Neurological Institute
  
  
• Perspectives from St. Christopher’s: Doing More for Less – Organizational Change and Leadership Challenges
  
  
• Turning Good Intentions into Good Work: Skills Development for Volunteers and Coordinators in Palliative Care
  Sponsored by The Council on Palliative Care
  
  
• The Architecture of Compassion: Hospice Design



• Palliative Care in Japan

• Susan Folkman, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
  Stress and Coping for Caregivers



• Harvey Max Chochinov, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
  Dignity at End of Life



• Serge Marchand, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC
  Clinical Perspectives on Pain



• Serge Daneault, Hôpital Notre-Dame, CHUM, Montréal, QC
  Cancer, Suffering and Health Care Services



• Barbara Monroe, St. Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
  Can and Should Hospices be Saved



• Nigel Sykes, St. Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
  The Challenges of Symptom Control 2012



• Danai Papadatou, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
  Team Resilience in the Face of Death



• Balfour Mount,Professor Emeritus, McGill University, Montréal, QC
  On Healing

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
07:45 - 08:45

In these Research Forums, the best research paper submissions will be presented with commentary and discussion led by renowned faculty.

An opportunity for bachelors, masters and doctoral students, as well as postdoctoral fellows, to meet colleagues who share common interests in death, dying and bereavement, and to establish networks for possible future research and clinical collaborations.