Compassionate Communities: Together for Palliative Care
PALPRAC presents a mini-symposium celebrating World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, 14 October 2023
Webinars and symposiums
Breaking bad news with Zulu speaking cancer patients.
Join Dr Louise Walker and the PALPRAC team in an informative webinar as we discuss breaking bad news in Zulu speaking cancer patients.
Breaking bad news (BBN) is a common event in palliative care and communication skills are critical to good practice of the discipline. There is a dearth of guidance for communicating with African language/cultural groups. The qualitative study discussed in this webinar highlighted phrases & techniques in the international BBN literature, adapted them for use with Zulu speaking cancer patients & discussed their appropriateness with this group of patients. An understanding of Zulu speaking cancer patients’ BBN experience was also gained. Valuable insights regarding the perspectives of Zulu speaking cancer patients was gained.
While this study focuses on one specific African language, valuable information regarding BBN in cross-cultural and cross-language situations can be gleaned from it. Findings encourage clinicians to reflect on their patient population & tailor BBN to the specific scenario.
** The PALPRAC Webinar Series is available to FULL & ASSOCIATE PALPRAC Members, and registration is open on our Membership ‘self-serve’ platform. To qualify for a CPD Certificate (2 CPD points), participants must be present for 90% of the webinar.
Please login and register for the event via the events page on your Membership homepage.
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OR register for PALPRAC Webinar [7 September 2022] – https://bit.ly/3pRzECJ
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For more information please contact info@palprac.org
PALPRAC Webinar Series 7 September 2022
PALPRAC Members are invited to join Drs Shannon Odell and Thilo Govendar to discuss the palliative care needs of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients in our South African setting, with an emphasis on focusing on person-centred care rather than an algorithmic approach.
Shannon Odell will discuss her research findings on the topic, which took place pre-COVID, whilst Thilo Govender will also discuss the current changes to treatment regimens, the impact on patients, and her ongoing research. She will also touch on how the COVID pandemic has affected DR-TB patients and strategic management goals.
Members can register via the PALPRAC Membership page – https://bit.ly/3rQGjyp OR directly at https://bit.ly/3pRzECJ
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PALPRAC is proud to host both PalliCHAT Conversations as well as our PALPRAC Webinars for our members.
PALPRAC PalliCHAT Conversations* are CPD accredited discussion forums available to our PALPRAC Members free of charge, healthcare professionals are invited to join these informative discussion panels at a fee of R50. The PALPRAC Webinar Series* is available to PALPRAC Members, with a series of palliative care topics covered during the year and a full list of upcoming topics available online. In addition, all topics are recovered and made available on our membership portal, with webinars available as post-CPD articles whereby members can review webinars in their own time and attain CPD points by completing an online evaluation.
*All development training is kindly accredited by UKZN and 1 CPD point is offered per hour for our online training.
For more information on our PALPRAC Webinars and PalliCHAT Conversation or to join PALPRAC please contact info@palprac.org or visit our website www.palprac.org/join-us