[Event Promotion] Certificate Course on Palliative Medicine for Health Care Workers 2022 (Video Lectures)

Event	Certificate Course on Palliative Medicine for Health Care Workers 2022 (Video Lectures)
Date	12, 19, 26 April & 3, 10, 17 May 2022 (Every Tuesday)
Time	7:00pm – 8:30pm
Course feature	Video lectures (with Q&A platform for participants to post the questions)
Quiz for doctors	DOCTORS are required to complete a quiz after the completion of each lecture
Coverage Media	Cantonese (Supplemented with English)
Course Fee	HK$1,000
Certificate	Awarded to participants with a minimum attendance of 70% (4 out of 6 sessions)
Deadline	6 April 2022
Online Registration	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMBPE5tCvtZwx3NtzQO3mb3k5gg2iwOwPUqDS9N9lIaNvTOw/viewform
Enquiry	The Secretariat of the Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong Tel: 2527 8898 , Fax: 2865 0345 , Email: vienna.lam@fmshk.org

Postponement of PMDM and MDM until further notice

In view of the current COVID-19 global pandemic, the coming Palliative Medicine Doctors Meeting (PMDM) and Multidisciplinary Meeting (MDM) would be postponed until further notice. We shall announce in one month in advance if the PMDM / MDM are to be resumed.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

Yours faithfully,

Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine

Internet resources relevant to Palliative Care (PC) and COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO)
– Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into responses to humanitarian emergencies and crises: a WHO guide 2018
– Providing palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic Experiences from Spain (2020) (produced by WHO/Europe)

International/ regional PC professional associations
– Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN) Covid-19 Resources
– European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Coronavirus and the palliative care response
– International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) Resources relevant to Palliative Care and COVID-19
– Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) WHPCA partner resources for COVID-19
– European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Introduction to the ESMO COVID-19 Palliative Care Pathways

National PC professional associations
– Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland COVID-19 and Palliative, End of Life and Bereavement Care in Secondary Care – Role of the specialty and guidance to aid care (22 March 2020) pdf file – this guidance covers areas including symptom control, discussions about goals of care and clinical decision making in respiratory failure.
– Centre to Advance Palliative Care, USA (CAPC) CAPC COVID-19 Response Resources
– National Hospice and Palliative Care Organisation, USA (NHPCO) COVID-19 Information
 eHospice, under NHPCO Free COVID-19 Shared Decision-Making Tool(19 March 2020)
 eHospice, under NHPCO Managing breathlessness in Covid-19 (25 March 2020)
– Palliative Care Australia COVID-19 Updates
 Palliative Care Autralia Statement on COVID-19

Palliative care related publications with OPEN ACCESS
– COVID-19 Collection. Journal of Pain and Symptom management
– BC Centre for Palliative Care Guidelines. Symptom management for adult patients with COVID-19 receiving end-of-life supportive care outside of the ICU (22 Mar 2020)
– Brooks SK, Webster RK, Smith LE, et al. The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence. Lancet 2020; 395: 912-20.
– Nouvet, E., Sivaram, M., Bezanson, K. et al. Palliative care in humanitarian crises: a review of the literature . Int J Humanitarian Action 3, 5 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41018-018-0033-8
– Downar, James et al. Palliating a Pandemic: ‘‘All Patients Must Be Cared For’’ J Pain Symptom Manage 2010 Feb;39(2):291-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.241.
– Coronavirus (COVID19). JAMA network
– Palliative Care Considerations for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease under COVID-19 American College of Cardiology (ACC)
– Ting Ruth, Edmonds Polly, Higginson Irene J, Sleeman Katherine E. Palliative care for patients with severe covid-19 BMJ 2020; 370 :m2710
– Daisy J. A. Janssen, Magnus Ekström, David C. Currow, Miriam J. Johnson, Mathew Maddocks, Anita K. Simonds, Thomy Tonia, Kristoffer Marsaa. COVID-19: Guidance on Palliative care from a European Respiratory Society International Task Force. European Respiratory Journal Jan 2020, 2002583; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02583-2020

Palliative Care Multidisciplinary Clinical Meeting 2022-2-22

Date	22 Feb 2022 (Tuesday)
Time	6:00pm – 7:00 pm
Topics	Multidisciplinary integrated care pathway for malignant spinal cord compression –the PYNEH experience
Presenters	Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Registration	Registration Form Deadline: 18 Feb 2022

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting 2022-1-25

Date	25 Jan 2022 (Tuesday)
Time	6:00pm – 7:30 pm
Topics	1. A lady with difficulty in breathing and massive malignant pleural effusion 2. Non-oral opioids outside hospital
Presenters	Ruttonjee Hospital Haven of Hope Hospital
Registration	Registration Form Deadline: 20 Jan 2021

Joint Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 – Challenges of Palliative Care in the new era

Event	Joint Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 – Challenges of Palliative Care in the new era
Date and time	27 November 2021 (Saturday) \| 14:15 – 18:00
Format	Hybrid. 1) Zoom Webinar 2) Onsite (Lecture Hall, The Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong)
Organiser	Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine Hong Kong Palliative Nursing Association
Registration link	https://cutt.ly/Qm057hd
Registration deadline	22 November 2021 (Monday)