Events & Education

For Health Care Providers

Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) is Pallium Canada's award-winning suite of courseware on palliative care for health care organizations and professionals. LEAP courses provide health care professionals with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to help provide palliative care to patients and families facing life-limiting illnesses in a more timely and effective way. To find out what sessions are being held in the Misssissauga Halton area contact Leah Clarke at leah.clarke@ontariohealth.ca.

Health Care Consent ACP and GOC E-Learning Modules: The Modules are intended for Clinician Competency Training on Health Care Consent, Advance Care Planning, and Goals of Care conversations. Learners will move beyond advancing their knowledge and attitudes to develop clinical skills through interactive case scenarios, reflective questions and vidoes of both simulated and real clincial encounters.  Please click here for more information.

Palliative Care ECHO Project: As a capacity-building tele-mentoring program, the Palliative Care ECHO Project is designed to create virtual communities of learners by bringing together local healthcare providers (and community leaders) with regional, provincial/territorial, and national subject matter experts for continuous learning, deep-dive learning opportunities, brief lecture presentations, and quality improvement discussions, fostering an “all learn, all teach” approach. Please click here for more information and to watch upcoming and recorded sessions.

Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care: Enhance your knowledge of hospice palliative care with this introductory course appropriate for all roles. The Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care Core Program is an interactive, introductory level course ideal for any health care provider or volunteer who supports people with life-limiting illnesses. Click here for more information.

Advanced Comprehensive Education (ACE): Designed for Personal Support Workers (PSWs), this course will grow your hospice palliative care knowledge and expertise. Building on the Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care, ACE focuses on the Personal Support Worker’s scope of practice. Click here for more information. 

Comphrehensive Advanced Palliative Care Education (CAPCE): Designed for nurses, this course will grow your hospice palliative care knowledge and expertise. Comprehensive Advanced Palliative Care Education (CAPCE) program is an immersive experience into the “art” and “science” of providing high quality, best evidence-informed palliative care. This program focuses on the development and role of the nurse (RNs, RPNs and NPs) as a hospice palliative care resource for the inter-professional team in long term care homes, home care agencies, hospitals and communities.  Click here for more information.

Pain Assessment and Management for Nurses: An intensive two day course designed for nurses (RNs, RPNs and NPs) from all care settings, this course will help you master pain management. Click here for more information. 

Othere Community Events: 

Mississauga Halton LHIN Regional Learning Centre Training Calendar

For Patients & Caregivers

• Caregiver Support and Education – Acclaim Health

• Family Caregiver Events - Mississauga Halton LHIN Regional Learning Centre 

• Wellspring Birmingham Gilgan House program schedule

• Caregiver Educational Resources & Practical Care Videos (available in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu) - Heart House Hospice

• Caregiver Support and Education - Heart House Hospice

For Physicians

Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) is Pallium Canada's award-winning suite of courseware on palliative care for health care organizations and professionals. LEAP courses provide health care professionals with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to help provide palliative care to patients and families facing life-limiting illnesses in a more timely and effective way. To find out what sessions are being held in the Misssissauga Halton area contact Leah Clarke at leah.clarke@ontariohealth.ca.

CAPACITI is an education program for interprofessional primary care teams that provides practical tips and strategies on how to incorporate an early palliative care approach into your practice. To find out more visit www.palliativecareinnovation.com.

Health Care Consent ACP and GOC E-Learning Modules: The Modules are intended for Clinician Competency Training on Health Care Consent, Advance Care Planning, and Goals of Care conversations. Learners will move beyond advancing their knowledge and attitudes to develop clinical skills through interactive case scenarios, reflective questions and vidoes of both simulated and real clincial encounters.  Please click here for more information.

Palliative Care ECHO Project: As a capacity-building tele-mentoring program, the Palliative Care ECHO Project is designed to create virtual communities of learners by bringing together local healthcare providers (and community leaders) with regional, provincial/territorial, and national subject matter experts for continuous learning, deep-dive learning opportunities, brief lecture presentations, and quality improvement discussions, fostering an “all learn, all teach” approach. Please click here for more information and to watch upcoming and recorded sessions.

UofT Palliative Care E-Learnig Program: The goal of the Palliative Care eLearning Program is to enhance family physicians’ knowledge and skills in palliative and end-of-life care. Key issues such as pain and symptom management, providing homecare, and managing patients in the last days of life are covered. Palliative tools that can be used in your practice will also be shared and discussed. For more information click here.