PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME IN BRIEF | 25th - 27th JULY 2024
| Day 1: THURSDAY 25th JULY 2024 | |||
| 8:00am | REGISTRATION | ||
| PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS | |||
| 9:00am – 12:00noon | PCW 1: Overcoming Challenges in Community Palliative Care | ||
| PCW 2: Paediatrics Palliative Care Essentials | |||
| PCW 3: Practical Aspects of Palliative Care Nursing | |||
| PCW 4: Caregiver Tips 101 | |||
| PCW 5: Communication Masterclass – Teaching Difficult Conversations | |||
| 12:00 noon | REGISTRATION | ||
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch Symposium | ||
| 1:30pm – 2:15pm | PLENARY 1: Blueprint for Palliative Care in Malaysia | ||
| 2:15pm – 3:00pm | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Strengthening Connections and Collaborations in Palliative Care | ||
| 3:00pm – 3:15pm | TEA BREAK | ||
| 3:15pm – 5:00pm | SYMPOSIUM 1: SYMPTOMS MANAGEMENT |
SYMPOSIUM 2: SPIRITUAL CARE |
SYMPOSIUM 3: NEW FRONTIERS IN PALLIATIVE CARE |
| 5:00pm | END OF DAY 1 | ||
| 6:45pm – 10:00pm | OPENING CEREMONY + CONGRESS DINNER | ||
| Day 2 : FRIDAY 26th JULY 2024 | |||||
| 8:45am – 9:30am | PLENARY 2: Making Healthcare Human | ||||
| 9:30am -10:15am | PLENARY 3: Research Collaborations and Breakthrough in Palliative care | ||||
| 10:15am – 10:30am | TEABREAK / POSTER VIEWING | ||||
| 10:30pm – 12:30pm | SYMPOSIUM 4: INTEGRATING PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES IN MALAYSIA |
SYMPOSIUM 5: PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING |
SYMPOSIUM 6: FREE PAPER |
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| 12:30pm – 2:00pm | LUNCH BREAK | ||||
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | PLENARY 4: Transforming Palliative Care Through Connections | ||||
| 2:45pm – 3:30pm | PLENARY 5: We Rise By Lifting Others – Journey of a Hospice Volunteer | ||||
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | TEA BREAK | ||||
| 3:45pm – 5.30pm | SYMPOSIUM 7: PAEDIATRICS PALLIATIVE CARE |
SYMPOSIUM 8: PALLIATIVE CARE IN NON- CANCER SETTINGS |
SYMPOSIUM 9: ALLIED HEALTH/ PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE |
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| 5.30pm | END OF DAY 2 | ||||
| 6.00pm | BIENNIAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE MALAYSIAN HOSPICE COUNCIL | ||||
| DAY 3: Saturday 27th July 2024 | ||
| 8:30am – 9:15am | PLENARY 6: Community-based Palliative Programme for Children with Complex Medical Disabilities | |
| 9:15am – 10:00am | PLENARY 7:Facts and Fiction of Medical Cannabis | |
| 10:00am – 10:45am | PLENARY 8: What is a Good Death? | |
| 10:45am – 11:00am | TEA BREAK | |
| 11:00am – 12:10pm | Symposium 10: END-OF-LIFE CARE |
Symposium 11: COPING AND CARING – PATIENTS’ AND CARERS’ PERSPECTIVE |
| 12:10pm -1:00pm | PLENARY 9: Hospice and Palliative Care – Past, Present and Future | |
| 1:00pm | CLOSING CEREMONY AND PRIZE GIVING | |