Thursday, September 20, 2007

GPVTS Palliative Care Study day 28/11/2007

Dear Friends,

St Christopher's Hospice is organising a GPVT Palliative Care Study day on the 28th Nov '07. All the Trainees are welcome to attend the course which is free for the Lewisham Trainees (and includes a free lunch!)
All Trainees please send your confirmation of attendence to me at bora.dr@gmail.com at an early date so that I can pass it on to the Organisers.

Bhaskar

Time 9:00 am
Venue:
St Christopher's Hospice
51-59 Lewrie Park Road
Sydenham, London
SE26 6DZ


Timetable


0900-0930: Registration.

0930 – 0935: Introduction to the day

0935- 0945: Large group discussion: what does the
dying patient need from their GP?

0945-1025: Pain

1025-1045: Coffee

1045 -1120: The GP’s role, and the GSF

1120-1150: Out of hours drugs and care

1150-1240: Working with families

1230-1300: Case discussions – non-pain symptoms

1300-1350: Lunch

1350-1425: Managing the last few days of life

1425-1500: Case discussions – non-pain symptoms

1500-1515: Tea

1515-1615: Ethical issues

1615-1640: Panel discussion

1640 – 1645: Concluding remarks

1645: Optional tour of hospice.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ive been told this is a really good chance to learn about palliative care particularly if its not on your rotation. Give your name to Bhasker asap.

Anna Sayeda