The Sunflower- Palliative Care Podcasts

Join host Dr Natasha Datoo in this 4 part series, featuring interviews with clinicians in Children's Palliative Care Leadership Program. In this first episode, Natasha speaks with Dr. Archana Iyengar about her experiences learning and developing her leadership skills as she develops a new perinatal palliative care program in Hyderabad, India. Read more about this innovative program here https://eh...

The third episode on our series "Through a Nurses Lens", join guest host, Rachel Neufeld, a Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Volunteer and Canuck Place Children's Hospice Nurse Practitioner, as she speaks with Melanie Hameluck, an oncology and palliative care nurse at Canuck Place and British Columbia Children's Hospital.

The second episode on our series "Through a Nurses Lens", join guest host, Rachel Neufeld, a Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Volunteer and Canuck Place Children's Hospice Nurse Practitioner, as she speaks with Rebecca Woodward, a nurse at Canuck Place.

Building and sustaining palliative care requires strong leadership, join guest host, Chuck Russel, as he discusses leadership in Palliative Care with Dr Megan Doherty. Hear how the Children's Palliative Care Leadership Program is supporting leaders in South and Southeast Asia.

In the first episode of our 3 part series "Through a Nurses Lens", join guest host, Rachel Neufeld, a Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Volunteer and Canuck Place Children's Hospice Nurse Practitioner, as she speaks with Rachel Schmidt, a nurse at Canuck Place.

Part 2 of Dr. Spandana Rayala's conversation with Basma Ismail, Taiba Borhamah, and Sara Zayed from the Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospital (KACCH) and Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice (BACCH). Together KACCH and BACCH support children with serious and life-limiting conditions and their families, both during hospitalizations as well as at home and in the hospice.

Dr. Spandana Rayala speaks with Basma Ismail, Taiba Borhamah, and Sara Zayed from the Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospital (KACCH) and Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice (BACCH). Together KACCH and BACCH support children with serious and life-limiting conditions and their families, both during hospitalizations as well as at home and in the hospice.

Dr Erin Kwolek discusses her work using Balint and other types of reflective practice to strengthen and support palliative care clinicians to prevent burnout.

Join Camara Van Breemen, as she chats with music therapist Michaela Wallis about how music can support children and their families in the setting of serious illness.

Join guest host, Rachel Neufeld, as she speaks with Senior Staff Nurse Lailatul Ferdous, a pioneering palliative care nurse from Bangladesh.

Host Spandana Rayala speaks with Megan Doherty about building capacity in children's palliative care around the world.

In this episode, listen as Max Watson, Raj Gopal, Chris Piromalli, and Megan Doherty reflect on their experiences using Project ECHO to train thousands of health providers in palliative care, focussing on those in resource-limited settings. This podcast is a co-release with MetaECHO and Hospice UK.

Palliative care nurse, Erin Das, describes her experiences developing nursing leadership programs in Kenya and in Bangladesh.

Dr Smriti Khanna describes experiences of implementing palliative care for children with a wide variety of serious illnesses at a tertiary children's hospital. The team provides comprehensive support with nurses, doctors, counsellors, psychologists, as well as a therapeutic clown and play and toy librarian.

Earlier this year at the MetaECHO Conference in New Mexico, Dr Megan Doherty was able to catch up with Dr. Rajagopal. He shared his wisdom and insights about what it takes to provide compassionate care.

Dr Mike McNeil, Director St. Jude Global Palliative Care Program, shares his insights about developing palliative care around the world.

Join host Megan Doherty at Meta-ECHO, in New Mexico, where she talks with Max Watson about the potential of Project ECHO to reach health care providers around the world with knowledge of palliative care.

Listen as Dr. Ximena Garcia reflects on how she and her team overcame obstacles to develop a pediatric palliative care team, in a resource limited setting.

Alex Daniels, an experienced palliative care nurse and education coordinator for the international children's palliative care network (ICPCN) discusses her experiences leading and teaching in palliative care.

Palliative care social worker, Sarah Allan-Wiseman discusses grief in children's palliative care and how best to support parents.

Natasha Datoo and Camara Van Breemen discuss their experiences and describe effective techniques to address a family's worries and fears when introducing palliative care into their child's care.

Host Camara Van Breemen interviews Sarah Ho about her and her family's experiences with palliative care when her son, Mitchell, received end-of-life care at Canuck Place Children's Hospice.

In this episode, Megan chats with Dr. Erin Kwolek a pediatric respirologist and palliative care physician, exploring the intersection of palliative care and respiratory medicine.

Welcome to the first episode of the Sunflower Podcast, a podcast exploring all aspects of children’s palliative care around the world. In this first episode Dr Megan Doherty chats with Dr. Natasha Datoo from Canuck Place Children's Hospice (Vancouver, Canada) about her work as a pediatric palliative care physician.