| Date | 29 July 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30pm |
| Topics | 1. Management of Malignant Wounds in Palliative Care 2. Beyond one-size-fits-all – Radiotherapy for Bone Metastasis |
| Presenters | Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 25 July 2025 |
| Date | 24 June 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30 pm |
| Topics | 1. Dream Comes True: Empowering patient and inspiring others 2. How to facilitate people with intellectual disabilities to face their loss & grief in PC setting |
| Presenters | Queen Mary Hospital Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 18 June 2025 |
Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
May 2025 Issue 1
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Timetable of PMDM and MDM 2025/26
2024 Joint HKSPM/HKPNA Annual Scientific Meeting Photos
2025 Joint HKSPM/HKPNA Spring Dinner Photos
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 Issue 1 May P. 2-4
Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting
Beyond Blood: Optimising Anaemia Care in Palliative Cancer Patients
Dr. YEUNG Ian, Dr. TIN Wing Yan, Winnie
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 Issue 1 May P. 5-9
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Palliative Care Needs of Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis
Dr. TSANG Tsz Wai
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 10 – 14
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Review on Lymphoedema
Dr. CHENG Hoi Shan, Sandy
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 15 – 21
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Gone with the Wind – Application of High Flow Nasal Cannula in the Palliative Care Setting
Dr. TANG Ching Man, Mandy
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 22 – 26
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Palliative Sedation: An Update
Dr. FOK Man Chun, Juliana
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 27 – 31
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Radiotherapy in the Comprehensive Management of Malignant Fungating Wounds
Dr. WONG Cheuk Cheuk, Charlotte, Dr. SIU Wai Kwan, Steven
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 32 – 36
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| Date | 27 May 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30pm |
| Topics | 1. Breaking the Cycle: Recurrent hepatic encephalopathy 2. Living with treatment toxicities – common TKIs for Lung Cancer in Palliative setting |
| Presenters | Grantham Hospital Princess Margaret Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 23 May 2025 |
| Event | JCECC-Unison Professional Seminar “Prognostication and beyond” |
| Date | 3 May 2025 (Saturday) |
| Time | 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue | LT3, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA), CUHK |
| Medium of instruction | Cantonese |
| Target audience | Healthcare providers, including nurses, social workers, and allied health professionals |
| Accreditation | CME/CNE (in application) |
| Registration | Click here |
| Enquiry | Tel: 3943 3126 Whatsapp: 4449 3949 |
| Date | Presenting Units |
|---|---|
| 28 Jan 2025 | Haven of Hope Hospital United Christian Hospital |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Shatin Hospital Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Ruttonjee Hospital Prince of Wales Hospital |
| 27 May 2025 | Grantham Hospital Princess Margaret Hospital |
| 29 Jul 2025 | Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| 30 Sep 2025 | Caritas Medical Centre Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Wong Tai Sin Hospital Tuen Mun Hospital |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Haven of Hope Hospital Bradbury Hospice |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Shatin Hospital Queen Mary Hospital |
| 26 May 2026 | Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Princess Margaret Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Grantham Hospital Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital |
| Date | Presenting Units |
|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2025 | Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Queen Mary Hospital Ruttonjee Hospital |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Shatin Hospital Tuen Mun Hospital |
| 24 Feb 2026 | United Christian Hospital Wong Tai Sin Hospital |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Bradbury Hospice Caritas Medical Centre |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital Grantham Hospital |
| Date | 29 Apr 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30pm |
| Topics | 1. Two respiratory failure patients with mitochondrial diseases 2. Palliative care in advanced gynaecological cancers |
| Presenters | Ruttonjee Hospital Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 25 Apr 2025 |
| Date | 25 Mar 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30 pm |
| Topics | 1. The invisible weight: self-perceived burden in palliative care patients 2. Revisiting an old problem – hypercalcemia in malignancy |
| Presenters | Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital Shatin Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 21 Mar 2025 |
| Event | Certificate Course on Palliative Medicine: an Update Review 2025 (Video Lectures) |
| Date | 29 April; 6, 13, 20, 27 May and 3 June 2025 (Every Tuesday) |
| Time | 7:00pm – 8:30pm |
| Course feature | Video lectures (with Q&A platform for participants to post the questions) Participants will be allowed to watch the videos within 3 days. Participants have a maximum of 3 times to login and access each video link. |
| Quiz for doctors | DOCTORS are required to complete a quiz after the completion of each lecture |
| Language Media | Cantonese (Supplemented with English) |
| Course Fee | HK$1,200 |
| Certificate | Participants who have achieved 70% (4 of 6 lectures) or above attendance will be entitled to a Certificate. Attendance record will be collected by the login and logout times. Participants are required to fill in the online evaluation form. Participants can download their e-Certificate after submitting the online evaluation form about 3 weeks after the course finished. |
| Deadline | 22 April 2025 |
| Online Registration | Registration Form |
| Enquiry | The Secretariat of the Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong Tel: 2527 8898 , Fax: 2865 0345 , Email: toto.chan@fmshk.org |
| Date | 25 February 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30 pm |
| Topics | 1. DVT prevention for Oncology and PC in-patients 2. Navigating the Present: The Last Journey of a Young Patient with Soft Tissue Sarcoma |
| Presenters | Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 19 Feb 2025 |
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