Educational Opportunities

This section contains a listing of educational opportunities relevant to pediatric palliative care. If you have any items you would like added to this section in future issues, please send information to Christy Torkildson at torkc@sbcglobal.net.

September 2010

3rd Annual Pediatric Palliative Care Intensive at NHPCO's 11th National Clinical Team Conference, ChiPPS is proud to offer a pediatric intensive track that as part of NHPCO’s 11th National Clinical Team Conference to be held in Atlanta, GA, September 13 - 15, 2010. More information visit www.nhpco.org/ctc2010.

October 2010

18^th International Congress on Palliative Care
October 5-8, 2010 - Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Canada

Center to Advance Palliative Care Annual Conference with a pediatric track will be: October 21-23, 2010, Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix Arizona. For more information: www.capc.org

The District of Columbia Pediatric Palliative Care Collaboration presents: Pediatric Pain Medicine and Management of Distressing Symptoms in Palliative Care. A four day intensive workshop, Course Director Stefan Friedrichsdorf,MD Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, at the Washington Marriott, Washington, DC, Sunday, October 31, 2010 (welcome reception) –Thursday, November 4. For more information, call 202-895-0191 or e-mail info@dcppcc.org.

November 2010

Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance (PLIDA) and Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs (ASIP); November 4-7, 2010; Washington, DC. For more information: www.perinatalbereavementconference.org.

The District of Columbia Pediatric Palliative Care 4^th Annual Pediatric Palliative Care Conference. November 5 - 6, 2010 in Washington D.C. For more information call 202-895-0191 or e-mail info@dcppcc.org.

February 2011

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, in collaboration with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, will host its Annual Assembly on February 16-19, 2011; Vancouver, Canada. Further information will be available on the Academy’s Web site aahpm.org or by calling 847-375-4712.