Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Supportive Care Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Palliat Support Care. 2023 Jun;21(3):378-384. doi: 10.1017/S1478951523000391.
On 3-4 October 2022, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Supportive Care Service and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences hosted the Third Annual United States (US) Celebration of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD). The purpose of this article is to reflect on the event within the broader context of the international WHPCD theme: "healing hearts and communities." We describe lessons learned in anticipation of the fourth annual conference to be held on 3-4 October 2023.
Description of the third annual event, conference planning team reflection, and attendee evaluation responses.
The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance launched WHPCD in 2005 as an annual unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care globally. Since 2020, the conference has attracted an increasing number of attendees from around the world. Two primary aims continue to guide the event: community building and wisdom sharing. Fifty-two interprofessional palliative care experts, advocates, patients, and caregivers provided 13 unique interactive sessions. Four hundred and fifty-eight multidisciplinary registrants from at least 17 countries joined the program. Free registration for colleagues in low- and middle-income countries, students and trainees, and individuals experiencing financial hardship remains a cornerstone of inclusion and equitable access to the event.
The US WHPCD celebration provides a virtual platform that offers opportunities for scientific dissemination and collective reflection on hospice and palliative care delivery amid significant local and global changes in clinical practice, research, policy and advocacy, and population health. We remain committed to ensuring an internationally relevant, culturally diverse, and multidisciplinary agenda that will continue to draw increased participation worldwide during future annual events.
2022 年 10 月 3 日至 4 日，纪念斯隆凯特琳癌症中心支持护理服务部和精神病学与行为科学系举办了第三届美国（美国）世界临终关怀与姑息治疗日（WHPCD）庆祝活动。本文的目的是在国际 WHPCD 主题的更广泛背景下反思该活动：“治愈心灵和社区”。我们描述了为计划于 2023 年 10 月 3 日至 4 日举行的第四届会议而吸取的经验教训。
第三届年度活动描述、会议规划团队反思和与会者评估回应。
全球姑息治疗联盟于 2005 年发起了 WHPCD，作为一年一度的统一行动日，旨在全球范围内庆祝和支持临终关怀和姑息治疗。自 2020 年以来，该会议吸引了来自世界各地越来越多的与会者。两个主要目标继续指导该活动：社区建设和智慧分享。52 名跨专业姑息治疗专家、倡导者、患者和护理人员提供了 13 个独特的互动环节。来自至少 17 个国家的 458 名多学科注册者参加了该项目。为中低收入国家的同事、学生和学员以及经济困难的个人提供免费注册仍然是包容和公平获得该活动的基石。
美国 WHPCD 庆祝活动提供了一个虚拟平台，提供了在临床实践、研究、政策和宣传以及人口健康方面发生重大本地和全球变化的情况下传播科学和集体反思临终关怀和姑息治疗的机会。我们仍然致力于确保一个具有国际相关性、文化多样性和多学科的议程，这将在未来的年度活动中继续吸引全球更多的参与。
