Palliative Care - Congrès international sur les soins palliatifs

Thursday, October 11, 2012E02 A) Learning through Narrative: Medical Students Reflect in Writingand Documentary on Their Visit to Patients in a HospiceSinead Donnelly 1,2 , Eileen McKinlay 21. Wellington Regional Hospital, Wellington, Aotearoa, New Zealand2. Otago Medical School, Wellington, Aotearoa, New ZealandWe present a 25 minute documentary “I feel light as I close the hospice door…”and qualitative research on the use of narrative essays as a reflective exercisefor medical students visiting patients in a hospice. The student work is inspiring.They articulate poignantly their personal experiences of death, their fear of visiting ahospice, and finally their transformation and growth.B) Giving Feedback to Palliative Care LearnersLaura J. Morrison 1,2 , Elise Carey 3 , Shirley Otis-Green 4 , Jillian Gustin 51. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States; 2. The Methodist Hospital,Houston, TX, United States; 3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States; 4. City of HopeNational Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States; 5. The Ohio State University,Columbus, OH, United StatesGiving feedback to palliative care learners is a crucial skill for interdisciplinaryclinical faculty. Participants will leave this session with an expanded senseof the challenges in this area, increased familiarity with guiding principles from theliterature, practical strategies and skills practice opportunity, an action plan, andnumerous resources.E03 Image de soi, images de soins : L'imaginaire collectif dans son expressionphotographique comme moyen thérapeutiqueRégis Defurnaux, FUNDP - Département de Philosophie, Namur, BelgiqueLe bien-être est profondément lié à nos capacités de maintenir une « bonne imagede soi », elle-même accordée à un imaginaire collectif des fragilités de notrecondition humaine. L'atelier consistera à montrer comment une approchephotographique singulière permet d'améliorer la qualité de vie en déjouant le dénidu regard.E04 Workshop / Proffered Papers – Pediatric Palliative CareTwo 15-minute presentations, each followed by a 5-minute question period,and one 45-minute workshop.A) Canine Assisted Intervention as a Modality to Address theNon-verbal Needs of Children and Families in Palliative CareKerry Keats 1 , Hal Siden 21. Canuck Place Children's Hospice, Vancouver, BC, Canada2. Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, CanadaB) Music Therapy in Paediatric Palliative Care: Looking ForwardBeth Clark, Canuck Place Children's Hospice, Vancouver, BC, CanadaC) Art Therapy to Help the Transition from Suffering to IntegrityMarianne Dufour, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, CanadaTranslating experiences in images is a poetic and existential act which allows oneto seize and affirm something of one's own essence. At the end of life, undertakingthis work in art therapy can significantly facilitate the passage from a state ofsuffering to a sense of inner cohesion and integrity.39