Training & Events
Train the Trainer - Developing your own Biography Program
This Train the Trainer course is available in three levels from learning how to create a biography, to learning how to establish your own program.
Available in Gold, Silver & Bronze levels
When: Wed 4 June, 9:00am - 11:00am
Presented By: Eastern Palliative Care Assoc. Ltd
Where: Eastern Palliative Care Training Room
Cost: 1950.00 (inc. GST)
Managing Difficult Conversations
Join this workshop which provides leaders of volunteers with techniques, tools and strategies to confidently manage difficult conversations at work with volunteers and colleagues.
When: Thu 5 June, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Presented By: Palliative Care Victoria
Where: Online
Cost: 75.00 (inc. GST)
Health starts with us: Nurses and midwives leading innovative health research
Join the Monash Nursing and Midwifery research team for a series of engaging research presentations and a panel discussion exploring the value of interdisciplinary partnerships in advancing healthcare research. This is an opportunity to gain insights into how nurses and midwives are reshaping the future of healthcare and how collaborative research can lead to more effective, patient-centred outcomes.
When: Wed 18 June, 9:00am - 1:30pm
Presented By: Monash University
Where: Monash University, Clayton Campus
Palliative Approach in Aged Care
This workshop aims to improve the understanding and practice of the aged care workforce in the palliative approach to care through:
- Understanding the important role that palliative care plays in the lives of people with life-limiting illness and their families/carers
- Increasing confidence to provide holistic and person-centred care to the older person living with a life-limiting illness.
When: Thu 19 June, 9:00am - 4:30pm
Presented By: PEPA
Where: Caritas Christi Hospice
Gold Coast 4th Annual Palliative Medicine Interventions and Updates Conference
Topics of discussion include:
- Pharmacotherapy – emerging drugs previously banned
- Interventions in Motor Neuron Disease – neural implants, PEGs, NIV and radiotherapy
- Changing Paradigms in Cancer – new treatments and changing prognoses
- Updates in General Medicine
- Philosophy in Palliative Care – the past and the future
When: Fri 20 June - Sat 21 June, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Presented By: Gold Coast Hospital Foundation
Where: Gold Coast University Hospital
Cost: 150.00 (inc. GST)
Free Wills & Powers of Attorney sessions 2025
The sessions will cover:
- Our rights as we get older
- Substitute Decision Making: including Enduring Powers of Attorney and Medical Treatment Decisions
- Wills
- Challenges to deceased estates
- Family care agreements
When: Tue 24 June, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Presented By: Eastern Community Legal Centre
Where: Glen Park Community Centre
Free Wills & Powers of Attorney sessions 2025 copy
The sessions will cover:
- Our rights as we get older
- Substitute Decision Making: including Enduring Powers of Attorney and Medical Treatment Decisions
- Wills
- Challenges to deceased estates
- Family care agreements
When: Tue 22 July, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Presented By: Eastern Community Legal Centre
Where: Online
National Nursing Forum
This forum is the Australian College of Nursing’s signature annual leadership and educational event bringing together nurses, students and other health professionals from around the country and across the globe. Attendees will enjoy face-to-face presentations and interactions with the nursing network, the opportunity to connect with valuable sponsors and exhibitors to learn about the latest products and more.
When: Wed 23 July - Fri 25 July, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Presented By: Australian College of Nursing
Where: National Convention Centre
Compassionate Communities Australia National Forum
This forum will bring together Compassionate Communities from across Australia to network and learn from each other while facilitating a discussion with the broader palliative care sector, which will be meeting for the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference from 10 to 12 September in Brisbane.
When: Tue 9 September, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Presented By: Compassionate Communities Australia
Where: Brisbane
2025 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (25OPCC)
Connecting Systems for Better Care
Early bird registrations are available to 30 June
This conference will extend the discussion to the wider health sector and the different systems of care that intersect with palliative care. Aged care, primary health, oncology, dementia care, disability services, paediatrics, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health are all growing aware of the role they can and need to play in someone’s palliative care journey.
25OPCC will energise that discussion and with government and policymakers in the room, the region’s future reform agenda will start to take shape.
When: Wed 10 September - Fri 12 September, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Presented By: Palliative Care Australia
Where: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Cost: 1290.00 (inc. GST)
9th Advance Care Planning International Conference
Earlybird registrations are available to 30 June
This conference will focus on ‘Are we there yet?’ and aim to embrace these journeys by interweaving advance care planning best practices and research through cultural, personal, organisational, system, and societal lenses. Advance care planning is a crucial starting point in the journey towards person and family-centred care.
When: Wed 24 September - Fri 26 September, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Presented By: Advance Care Planning Australia
Where: RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast
Cost: 1430.00 (inc. GST)