Apart from general networking events, focussed opportunities to share and to learn are available through the IAPC working groups and fora such as the Palliative Nursing Forum, the Children’s Palliative Care Special Interest Group, the Palliative Care Pharmacists’ Group, the Education and Research Forum.
Educational and developmental events take place each year ranging from subject-specific workshops and seminars to the National Conference and the Annual IAPC Education and Research Seminar.
A dedicated members’ area of the IAPC website providing access to information and resources designed to disseminate knowledge, best practice, research and leading-edge thinking in palliative care, as well as facilitating knowledge transfer and exchange.
Members can avail of reduced registration fees for IAPC conferences, seminars and events. Preferential rates are also offered to IAPC members for EAPC events.
The newsletter keeps members in touch and up-to-date on the work of the IAPC. Articles and reports of the proceedings of palliative care conferences, as well as items of professional interest and current developments in palliative care are also covered. The newsletter offers members an opportunity to publish articles and other palliative care-related material. IAPC News is sent to each member quarterly.
Each IAPC member receives a complimentary copy of this comprehensive information resource
IAPC members receive free membership of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) and may thereby benefit from reduced-rates for EAPC events and publications and access to all the benefits of an information and knowledge-sharing network of 46 national palliative care associations in 26 European countries.