Students of the University Master’s Degree in Palliative Care and Supportive Needs complete their clinical simulation week at CISA

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Students of the University Master’s Degree in Palliative Care and Supportive Needs at UIC Barcelona are completing today their clinical simulation week at the university’s Comprehensive Advanced Simulation Centre (CISA), a space designed to reproduce real-life healthcare situations with a high degree of realism. Over the course of the week, students have worked in a…

Ellenoor, a master’s student from Utrecht, joins the WeCare Chair for a research stay linked to the RAPHAEL study

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Since February, the WeCare Chair has welcomed Ellenoor, a master’s student in Nursing Science at Utrecht University and a community nurse in the Netherlands. In her professional practice, Ellenoor works as a district nurse, providing care in patients’ homes: from wound care and medication management to palliative care and support to help people maintain their…

Session link now available: Núria Escudé masterclass

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As part of the Master’s Degree in Palliative Care at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, the WeCare Chair continues to promote a series of masterclasses featuring national and international leaders in the field of palliative care. We would like to thank everyone who registered and participated in the session with Núria Escudé, entitled: “Music Therapy and…

Session with Dr Ana Martín Ancel on Perinatal Palliative Care

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As part of the Master’s Degree in Palliative Care at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, the WeCare Chaircontinues to promote spaces for reflection and learning with leading professionals in the field of palliative care. Yesterday, 12 May, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Ana Martín Ancel, specialist in Paediatrics and Neonatology at the Neonatology Department of Hospital Sant Joan…

Session link now available: Dr. Enric Benito’s masterclass

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Within the framework of the Master’s Degree in Palliative Care at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, the WeCare Chair continues to promote a series of masterclasses featuring national and international leaders in the field of palliative care. We would like to thank everyone who registered and participated in today’s session with Dr. Enric Benito, entitled: “Bodies…

The WeCare Chair hosts an inspiring online lecture with Professor Eduardo Bruera

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Yesterday, November 5, the WeCare Chair at UIC Barcelona held an open online lecture with Professor Eduardo Bruera, a world leader in Palliative Care, Doctor Honoris Causa at UIC Barcelona, and Chair of the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine and F.T. McGraw Chair in the Treatment of Cancer at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston). The session, titled “Advice for a Career in…

8th Edition of the DAM Course: Desire to Hasten Death

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The WeCare Chair of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) announces the 8th edition of the course “Desire to Hasten Death (DAM): Assessment and Response”, a training programme aimed at health and psychosocial professionals who wish to understand and address the desire to die from an interdisciplinary and humanistic perspective. Building on the experience of previous editions,…

ERDAM Launches Its 7th Edition

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This month we launched the 7th edition of the course Assessment and Response to the Wish to Hasten Death (ERDAM), with 18 students from several countries. This online program, led by the WeCare Chair (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences – UIC Barcelona), trains professionals to explore, assess, and address the wish to hasten death (WTHD). The learning pathway includes applied exercises and a final…

Launch of a new edition of the Master’s Degree in Palliative Care and Supportive Needs

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Students in the new cohort of the master’s program (MUCPAL) attended the opening session on October 1, together with the program leadership and faculty. This edition introduces a series of online seminars delivered by nationally and internationally renowned experts, open to interested professionals who wish to join. The program—open to professionals in medicine, nursing, and…

The Master’s Degree in Palliative Care has completed the Experience Week

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The students of the Master’s Degree in Palliative and Supportive Care at UIC Barcelona have completed their Experience Week, a one-week program of in-person clinical simulation. The simulation took place at UIC’s Comprehensive Centre for Advanced Simulation (CISA), where students practiced key scenarios in Palliative Care, both in outpatient and inpatient settings. The simulation includes both high-fidelity (with actors)…