The IAPC Education and Research Forum supports a major strand of the IAPC’s core agenda.
Purpose: The purpose of the Forum is to address Palliative Care education and research as it arises under the IAPC’s mission.
Role: The role of the Forum is to promote and accelerate the undertaking of research among palliative care practitioners and researchers on the island of Ireland, to promote evidence-based research, and to build and increase research capacity in the sector.
Workplan:
Pictured above at the launch of the Survey of Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to conducting Palliative Care Research in Ireland; Niamh McEnerney, Dr Lucy Balding, Dr Louise Kinsella, Dr Margaret Clifford, Claire Quinn, AnneMarie Corroon, Dr Honor Nicholl and Grainne Tipping.
Education & Research Forum Members 2018:
Fiona Woods, (Chairperson) Acting Head of Clinical Education, LauraLynn Children’s Hospice
Dr Bernadette Brady, Special Lecturer & Research Fellow in Palliative Medicine, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services, Dublin
Dr Karie Dennehy, Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services, Blackrock Hospice, Dublin
Zara Fay, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Community Palliative Care Team, St Francis Hospice, Raheny, Dublin
Julie Goss, Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services, Dublin
Patricia Hallahan, Director of Education, Research & Training, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services, Dublin
Susan Hilliard, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Mercy University Hospital, Cork
Lynn Keane, Lecturer, Pace Language Institute, Bray, Co Wicklow
Jacinta Kelly, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Northwest Hospice, Sligo
AnnaMarie Lynch, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, Dublin
Lasarina Maguire, Nurse Practice Development CoOrdinator, Stewarts Care, Dublin
Martina McKnight, PhD Student, Waterford Institute of Technology
Dr Des McMahon, Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services, Dublin
Dr Brenda O’Connor, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Northern Ireland Hospice, Belfast
Susan O’Flanagan, Clinical Psychologist, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
Martina O’Reilly, Head of Education, Milford Care Centre, Limerick
Dr Val O’Reilly, Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Milford Care Centre, Limerick
Dr Noreen O’Shea, Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, Marymount University Hospice & Hospital, Cork
Dr Elaine Wallace, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, HSE Dublin North East
Rory Wilkinson, Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care, St James’s Hospital, Dublin