Medical Students & Residents

MEMBERSHIP

Palliative Care Residents, Residents from other specialties and Canadian medical students who have an interest in palliative care are welcome to join the CSPCP.

Reasons to join:

  • Excellent annual advanced-level conference providing top quality, high yield sessions with significant discounts for members
  • Networking opportunities with palliative care physicians across the country
  • Finding mentorship for those new in palliative medicine practice
  • Contributing proactively in shaping the future of our profession
  • Contributing to a palliative care voice as our practice environment evolves
  • Getting the chance to pick up the baton from our palliative care heroes who came before us


Cost and online registration:

We hope you will join us to learn, connect, and contribute to the field of palliative care.

What your dues are used for:

Your dues go toward physician education, networking, and advocacy for improving access to quality palliative care in Canada, as stated in our Vision, Mission and Goals. Some specific examples include:

  • Advocating on behalf of our profession re issues that affect us all — including access to palliative care, appropriate access to medications and PPE during COVID, safe opioid prescribing in palliative care, the need for palliative care in Long Term Care, and palliative care in the context of MAiD.
  • Working on Human Resource issues and opportunities in our field, including:
    • Development of a Staffing Model for specialist palliative care teams
    • Advocating for the adoption of the credentialing standards for specialist palliative care physicians in all provinces and territories.
    • Promoting strategies for appropriate remuneration for physicians providing consultant level palliative care in Canada, including specialty billing codes, which would also facilitate data collection and evaluation.
    • Developing recommendations to the Colleges of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons regarding the number of residency programs and residency positions required in the one-year CAC program in palliative care and the two-year subspecialty program in Palliative Medicine, respectively.
  • Hosting National Academic Half Days (NAHDs) for Residents
  • Delivering the annual Advanced Learning in Palliative Medicine Conference — exclusive to physicians and medical learners
  • Offering Hot Topics webinars — exclusive to Members
  • Continued offering the Undergrad Narrative Award in Palliative Medicine and the Palliative Medicine Resident Research Award
  • Providing grants to form or maintain palliative care student interest groups


    • Resident/Student Rates at our Conference

    Medical students and residents are eligible for significantly discounted rates at our Advanced Learning in Palliative Medicine Conference. To view the conference program and/or to register click here.

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

    Annual Undergraduate Narrative Award for Palliative Medicine

    The Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians offers this award as a way to stimulate undergraduate medical students to think and reflect creatively about the multifaceted aspects of palliative medicine and caring at the end of life. It is open to all undergraduate medical students in the penultimate year of their programs. Submissions may include poetry, prose, images, audio and/or video. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize that is sponsored by Pallium Canada. The winning submission will be featured on the CSPCP web site and at the following year’s ALPM conference. For details on the award criteria, submission process, and deadlines: https://www.cspcp.ca/about/awards/

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE RESIDENTS

    The Palliative Medicine Resident Research Award

    This award is for the best scholarly project by a resident enrolled in a palliative medicine residency program.

    For deadlines, criteria and submission process visit our Awards page: https://www.cspcp.ca/about/awards/

    Career Postings

    To view Career Postings in Palliative Medicine click here

    Training (Residency) Opportunities

    Click here to view some of the training opportunities offered in Canada

    National Academic Half Day (NAHD) Schedule

    NAHD is a series of webinars that are open to Canadian Palliative Medicine Residents. The sessions are by invitation and distributed through the Program Directors. To view the schedule, click here

    Residents-only session at our annual conference

    The CSPCP offers a Residents-only session at in-person ALPM conferences. The content is coordinated by the CSPCP Postgraduate Education Committee, which consists of palliative care program directors from across Canada. Details about the program will be provided by your program director. The session will appear in the registration system when you register for ALPM under the “Residents” category.

    QUESTIONS? SUGGESTIONS?

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