Event Details

• Date: June 17 to 19, 2024
• Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. *Time is subject to change
• Delivery: In-person
• Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, ON

Before registering for this course, it is strongly recommended to complete or enroll in the Pallium LEAP Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative and End-of-Life Care.

LEAP – Learning Approaches in Palliative Care

Dates: May 24 and 25, 2024
Location: Homewood Suites Hamilton
palliativecare.mcmaster.ca/education/continuing-education

To receive a GROUP RATE for accommodations, attendees can confirm their reservations by registering at the following hotels:

Hampton Inn – reservations

Sheraton Downtown – reservations

Waterfront Hotel in Burlington: Guests may call the hotel and quote the group code CARE to make reservations directly at 905-681-5400 or toll-free at 877-681-0767.

Target Audience

Health Care Professionals including Physicians, Nurses, Spiritual Care Providers, Social Workers and other disciplines who are providing a palliative approach to care within various settings such as Primary Care, Long Term Care, Acute Care, Home Care, and Hospice.

Learning Objectives

By attending this activity, participants will be able to:

• Manage complex physical, emotional, ethical and social issues, including pediatric to geriatric populations.
• Develop enhanced collaborative practice skills and forge new inter-professional relationships.
• Apply a palliative care approach in life-limiting illnesses, including cancer, cardiac, renal, respiratory, dementia, and other neurological disorders.

Accreditation Statement

McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.

This one-credit-per-hour Group-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program for up to 17.0 Mainpro+ credits.

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program. You may claim a maximum of 17.0 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated)

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/about-ama-education.

Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.