3rd Intensive Course (Home-Based Cancer Care and Palliative Care): Challenges in Home-Based Cancer Care
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Kochi University will once again host an intensive seminar (Home-Based Cancer Care and Palliative Care) this year, following last year’s event. The seminar is designed for healthcare professionals involved in cancer care within the region. Its goal is to foster professionals capable of understanding and utilizing home-based care from the perspectives of cancer treatment, palliative care, and elderly care, thereby enabling multidisciplinary collaboration to provide seamless, community-based medical care. The program will feature multidisciplinary workshops conducted in a World Café format, as well as mini-lectures by social workers.
Please note that if you attend the “Home-Based Cancer Care Lecture Series” scheduled for November–December in conjunction with this seminar, you will receive a certificate of completion for the Intensive Course from the Chugoku-Shikoku Wide-Area Cancer Professional Training Consortium.
[Date and Time]: Sunday, August 31, 2014, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM (Registration begins at 12:30 PM)
*Although there is no participation fee, advance registration is required to facilitate venue preparation. Please register by Friday, August 22, 2014.
[Location]: Kochi Kaikan, 2nd Floor, Hakuhou Room
*This project was selected under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s “Plan to Promote the Infrastructure for Training Cancer Professionals.” As part of the “Chugoku-Shikoku Advanced Cancer Professional Training Infrastructure Program,” in which Kochi University participates, 10 universities located in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions have formed a consortium. The program aims to produce cancer specialists and distribute them evenly across this broad region.
Contact: Medical School, Student Affairs Office, Hospital Administration Department
Cancer Program Administrative Staff: Teshima and Miwa
Phone: 088-880-2799