Conference 2023

10th Annual Conference – a hybrid event
The Changing Landscape of Worldwide Palliative Care Education

Hybrid Day Conference via Zoom: Saturday 14th October 2023

In person: Sobell House Study Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LE 09.45 hrs until 16.30 hrs
OR
By Zoom: Morning session only from 09.45 hrs until 13.15 BST (GMT + 1)

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09:45 Chaired by Dr George Smerdon

PCW Annual General Meeting (open to all)

10:15 

Tea/Coffee break

10:30 Dr George Smerdon, Chair of PCW

Introduction

10:35 Professor Heather Richardson, Director of Education, Research & End of Life Policy, St Christopher’s Hospice, London

Keynote presentation: The Changing Landscape of delivering Palliative Care Education

11:05 

Questions

11:15 Professor Fiona Rawlinson, Dr Karilyn Collins, Dr George Smerdon, Dr Gillian Chowns

Feedback on fifteen years of PCW experience Results of the PCW survey. Have we added value to our international partnerships?

11:45 

Tea/Coffee break

12:00 Dr Dan Munday – Nepal (by Zoom recorded)
Dr Stephen Miller and Heather Miller – Senegal (by Zoom recorded)

Postcards from the Edge of Life – home thoughts from abroad – short presentations from colleagues with experience of teaching internationally

 

Time for questions and answers

 

Sue Mumford – Ethiopia (in person)
Dr Mhoira Leng – Uganda (by Zoom recorded)
Marje Niblock and Sharon Deeming – Rwanda (in person)

 

Time for questions and answers

13:15 Conference ends on Zoom

Lunch

14:15 Short presentation
Dr Paul Myers, Lesotho Starlight Hospice Board

Presentations/interviews with students from the multi-professional course at St Christopher’s Hospice, London

14:45 Small group discussions

Which way forward? Adapting to new horizons?

15:03 

Tea break

15:45 

Round table discussion

16:15 Dr George Smerdon and Dr Michael Minton

Closing remarks

16:30 

Conference ends