Blanca Goñi, a predoctoral student of the WeCare Chair research team, along with her team won the first prize for the best oral communication at the XI Congress of the Catalan-Balearic Society for Palliative Care, Science and Art, which took place during on February 14 and 15 at the World Trade Center in Barcelona. …
As part of a new collaboration between the WeCare Chair and the Cicely Saunders Institute, two members of WeCare attended a two-day workshop held on 13 and 14 February 2020 at King’s College London, at the Cicely Saunders Institute. The workshop title was: ‘Outcome Measurement in Palliative Care with POS (Palliative Outcome Scale) Family of…
The Instituto de Salud Carlos III of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the European Regional Development Fund have awarded one of its grants to the team of researchers of the WeCare Chair for a national multicentre project focused on palliative care. Of the 589 projects to which the Spanish Government has awarded grants…
On 22 November, the Barcelona Campus hosted the annual international workshop organised by the WeCare Chair with the support of Áltima, the Catalan Institute of Oncology and Ferrer. The conference, entitled New Horizons: Palliative Care in Haematology, brought together specialist national and international speakers in the field of haematology and palliative care. More than…
For the first time ever, on 17 June, the WeCare Chair organised a course for UIC Barcelona students aimed at fostering tools and communication skills for use in complex clinical situations. The course was divided into two parts: an initial theory part, which laid down the foundations for a good communicative process; and a second…
Dr Andrea Rodríguez-Prat, a researcher in the WeCare Chair, carried out a research stay at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) between December 2018 and May 2019. During her stay, she worked with Dr Donna Wilson, professor in the Faculty of Nursing, president of the Alberta Palliative Care Hospice Association and an expert in research…
Professor Joaquim Limonero (UAB), a psychologist with a long career in palliative care research, presented several of his studies on suffering and emotional distress in patients at the end of life. These studies offer theoretical models and ways of assessing these phenomena. His research group recently developed an instrument which can be easily used in…
Video 6.º Workshop de la Cátedra WeCare The workshop addressed the latest developments in this area. It also featured nationally and internationally renowned expert speakers from the field of palliative care, as well as discussion sessions aimed at encouraging the exchange of ideas, opinions and experiences between attendees and speakers. The subject matter was approached…
The main topic of this year’s edition was communication with terminally ill patients. Fourth-year students from the Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing organise the fifth edition of the Interdisciplinary Approach to the Elderly Seminar. On Monday 5 November, the Sant Cugat Campus hosted the fifth Interdisciplinary Approach to the Elderly Seminar, a conference organised and led…
On May 17th, 2018, the WeCare Chair: End of Life Care awarded prizes as part of the 1st edition of the “WeCare Festival: Living to the End”, in an event that took place at the CaixaForum in Barcelona. The event consisted of a round table, the viewing of the finalist videos and photographs, as well…