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2010 TRAC-PG Pediatric Palliative Care Research Symposium

LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF DYING CHILDREN:  RAISING AWARENESS AND EMERGING RESEARCH

Resulting from the wonderful response from the first Inaugural Pediatric Palliative Care Research Symposium in 2009, The Palliative and Bereavement Care Service at SickKids and the Team for Research in Adolescent and Childhood Palliation and Grief (TRAC-PG) is happy to announce the second annual Pediatric Palliative Care Research Symposium at SickKids on Wednesday Sept 29, 2010.

The one day free event will highlight Grand Rounds keynote speaker, Myra Bluebond-Langner, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, oral and poster presentations, workshops for researchers, clinicians and families and an evening public town hall event.

Draft Agenda for the Day
Posters available all day for viewing – Garden Patio/Rotunda
(8:00 am till 6:00 pm)

Times
9:00 - 10:00-Greetings and
            Grand Rounds with Myra Bluebond-Langner

10 - 10:15-Refreshment Break

10:15 - 12:00-Innovations in Participatory Research and  
              Knowledge Translation Workshop with Katherine Boydell
 
12:00 - 1:30-Poster Session, Lunch and Parent Breakout Session

1:30 - 3:30-Café Scientifica (oral poster presentations)

3:30-4:00-Refreshment Break

4:00 - 5:00-Panel Discussion

5:00 - 6:00-Public Town Hall Event with Myra Bluebond-Langner

6:00 - 8:00-Wine & Cheese & Desert and
            Award and Donor Recognition, Book Display, Web Demo