The
First Middle East International Conference on Paediatric
Palliative Care
The first Middle East International
conference on paediatric palliative care will
take place in Kuwait in April 2005. Hosted by
the Kuwait Association for the Care of Children
in Hospital (KACCH), this important conference
will bring together for the first time in the
Middle East, a number of the world’s leading
experts in this field.
| Conference Dates: |
24th – 25th April
2005 |
| Conference
Venue: |
The Kuwait
Chamber of
Commerce & Industry |
CME Category
1 - 13 credit points
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Registration
No. 364/Ped0/Apr05 |
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:: Guest Faculty
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Ann
Armstrong-Dailey
Founding Director and
CEO
Children’s Hospice International
Virginia, USA |
Barbara
Sourkes, PhD
Kreiwall-Haehl Director
Paediatric Palliative Care Programme
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
Stanford
California, USA
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Chris Brown, MS, CCLS
Director, Child Life
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, USA
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Ann Goldman, MB, FRCP
Paediatric Palliative Care Consultant
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children
London, UK |
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Leora
Kuttner, PhD
Clinical Professor
Paediatric Department
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
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Miguel
R. Aboud, MD
Medical Director
Children’s Cancer Centre of Lebanon
Professor of Paediatrics,
American University of Beirut
Lebanon |
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Jim Kuykendall,
MS, CCLS
Clinical Psychologist and
Bereavement Counsellor
Chiswick
London, UK
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Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf,
MD
Fellow in Paediatric Palliative Care,
Pain and Palliative Care Service
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
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Julia
Hannan
Senior Nurse
Symptom Control Team
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children
London, UK
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:: Conference Programme
: Day 1 - Sunday 24th April 200
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07.30
- 08.30 |
Registration |
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08.30 - 09.30
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Opening ceremony under
the patronage of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah |
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09.30 - 11.30 |
Pain Management
Chaired by Dr Hilal Al-Sayer and Dr Stefan Friedrichsdorf
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Dr Stefan Friedrichsdorf - Opioids in the
treatment of paediatric pain
• Dr Leora Kuttner
- Integrative techniques of chronic paediatric pain
management
• Dr Miguel Abboud
– Pain management in paediatric oncology
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11.30 - 12.00 |
Coffee break |
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12.00
- 13.00 |
Assessing
children's pain
Chaired
by Dr Jaafar Behbehani and Dr Ann Goldman
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Dr Ann Goldman – How we assess children's
pain
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Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine – Year
6 students
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Dhary Al-Wugyan |
Faisal Al-Roumi |
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Mohammed Al-Zuriqi |
Mubarak Al-Kandary |
Pain assessment and expression in Arabic speaking
children
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13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch break |
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14.00
- 16.00 |
What
children have to say
Chaired
by Dr Jaafar Behbehani and Dr Leora Kuttner
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Dr Leora Kuttner – Talking with families when
a child is dying
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Chris Brown – Facilitating therapeutic expression
and communication through play
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Dr Barbara Sourkes – Armfuls of time –
the psychological experience of dying children
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16.00 - 16.30 |
Tea break |
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16.30
- 18.00 |
Settings for paediatric
Palliative care
Chaired by Dr Hilal Al-Sayer
and Ann Armstrong-Dailey
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Ann Armstrong-Dailey – Founder and CEO of
CHI - Children's Hospice International
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Dr Miguel Abboud – Paediatric palliative
care in the hospital setting
•
Julia Hannan – Managing symptoms at home
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: Day 2 - Monday 25th April 2005
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07.30
- 08.30 |
Registration |
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08.30 - 09.30
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Making
every moment count
Introduced
by Dr Barbara Sourkes
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Dr Leora Kuttner – Award winning film director
and clinical psychologist presents her latest film
documentary on caring for children with terminal
conditions.
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09.30 - 11.30 |
Providing
holistic paediatric palliative care
Chaired by Dr
Jaafar Behbehani and Dr Ann Goldman
• Dr Ann Goldman
– Holistic care for children and their families
• Dr Stefan
Friedrichsdorf – Managing non-pain symptoms
• Jim Kuykendall
– Caring for the Carers
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11.30 - 12.00 |
Coffee break |
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12.00
- 14.00 |
International
Forum for local case presentations
Chaired by Dr Jaafar
Behbehani and Dr Leora Kuttner
Dr Leora
Kuttner
Dr Stefan Friedrichsdorf
Dr Ann Goldman
Dr Barbara Sourkes
Julia Hannan
Chris Brown
Jim Kuykendall
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Dr Aboo-Backer
Dr Rakesh Mittal
Dr Jaroslav Nemec
Dr Mona Bu-Rhama
Dr Iman Al-Diri
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14.00 - 15.00 |
Lunch break |
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15.00
- 16.00 |
Bayt
Abdullah - the design process of a children's hospice
for Kuwait
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Alia Al-Ghunaim and Michael Cassidy present Alia's
design for Bayt Abdullah, a children's hospice for
children with life limiting and life threatening
conditions in Kuwait
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16.00 - 16.30 |
Closing
ceremony
Introduced
by Dr Hilal Al-Sayer, Dr Qais Al-Duwairi and Dr
Jaafar Behbehani
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A pre-recorded film of 1,000 school children with
Abdullah's family at the breaking ground ceremony
for Bayt Abdullah. |
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16.30
- 17.30 |
Tea |
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