• Trainee Projects

Capacity Building The Cross Cultural Palliative Care NET is committed to fostering team excellence and building research capacity in the field of palliative and end-of-life care.  Trainees are recruited from multi-discipline Master's, PhD, and Post Doctoral Programs located at universities in BC, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia.  Trainees have the opportunity to complete research in their chosen areas while learning how to design, conduct and operationalize research projects.  Interdisciplinary learning is encouraged through research training days where trainees present and critique their findings.  Trainees will also develop a broader perspective of pressing questions and issues in mixed methods, palliative and end-of-life care, and culture.

Mentorship Trainees are mentored by NET investigators who also co-supervise academic programs in partnership with departmental supervisors. Participation in teleconferences, research projects, thesis preparation and manuscript writing are activities mentored by NET investigators. Trainees experience learning new skills, knowledge creation, research project completion, and knowledge translation. Their opportunity to work across disciplines helps to build collaborative relationships, reach common understandings from diverse cultures, gain insights, and to enhance critical appraisal skills.

Recruitment Trainees are asked to complete a funding application, a project or work plan with concrete deliverables identified, and to provide recent transcripts and a letter of recommendation from their current supervisor. The NET provides financial support for one year and a commitment to a second year if the agreed upon deliverables have been met. The NET is open to considering trainees from multidisciplines with the caveat that individuals have experience in or are willing to pursue research related to palliative and end-of-life care cultural implications in wellness/illness health service delivery If you are interested in exploring the Cross Cultural & Palliative Care NET's Trainee Program, please contact:

Trainee Projects

Anne Syme
CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET, Pain & Symptom Management/Palliative Care, BC Cancer Agency

• Learning to be a dying person- Organizing transitions in pallaitve care: Being outside/inside cancer treatment systems. PowerPoint presentation. CAPO, Vancouver, April 2009.
• Learning to be a dying person- Organizing transitions in palliative care: Being outside/inside cancer treatment systems. (Poster)
• Syme, A., & Bruce, A. (2009). Hospice and Palliative Care: What Unites Us, What Divides Us? Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 11(3), 19-24.

Andrea Con
New Investigator - CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET

• Health Care Professionals Perspectives on Advance Care Planning (Powerpoint Presentaion )
• A Canadian Perspective on Promoting Advance Care Planning within a Cross-Cultural Context (Powerpoint Presentation )
• Cross-Cultural Considerations in Promoting Advance Care Planning in Canada (Poster )

Kirsten Bell
New Investigator - CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET

• The experiences and needs of Chinese cancer patients: Findings of an ethnographic study on BCCA's Chinese cancer support group (Poster )
• 'Being disease free doesn't mean being free of your disease': Responding to the Challenges of Cancer Survivorship (Poster )
• Cancer Survivorship: Key Concepts, Issues & Interventions (Powerpoint Presentation )
• Dr. Kirsten Bell. Colorectal Cancer in British Columbia: Misdiagnosis and the Need for Systematic Screening Amongst GPs. Family Practice Oncology Network Newsletter (Fall 2008): 8. Available at: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/EE43F3BF-CEE8-49E0-9AB3-22144AD208AF/31002/FPONFall2008Newsletter.pdf 
• Dr. Kirsten Bell. 'If it almost kills you that means its working!' Cultural Models of chemotherapy expressed in a cancer support group. Social Science and Medicine v. 68 (1) Jan 2009: 196-176. Please refer to Social Science and Medicine for more information.
• Bell, Kirsten; Lee, Joyce & Ristovski-Slijepcevic, Svetlana. Perceptions of food and eating amongst Chinese cancer patients: Findings of an ethnographic study. Cancer Nursing, 32(2) 2009: 1-9. Please refer to Cancer Nursing for more information.
• Chinese cancer support group study: Key findings
  

Suzanne Slocum
Post Doctoral Fellow - UBC Department of Health Care and Epidemiology

• What Happens after Conventional Treatment? Yoga Therapy for Breast Cancer Survivors (Poster )
• What Happens after Conventional Treatment? Investigating the Feasibility of a yoga therapy program for breast cancer survivors (Powerpoint Presentation )
• A Systematic Review of Complementary Therapies within Palliative and End-of-Life Care (Powerpoint Presentation )

Harvey Bosma
PhD Student - UBC School of Social Work and Family Studies

• Cultural Conceptualization of Hospice Palliative Care: A Literature Synthesis
• Understanding culture, measuring equity, in palliative/EOL care (PowerPoint Presentation )
• The Impact of Caring: How Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction are experienced by Hospice Palliative Care workers (Poster )
• Current Conceptualization of Palliative Care:  A Literature Synthesis(PowerPoint Presentation ; Poster  )
• Research priorities in Pediatric Palliative Care: A Delphi Process 
• Social Work Practice in Hospice Palliative Care: The Delphi Process to Identify Core Competencies

Michael Regier  (2004-2007)
PhD Student - UBC Department of Statistics

• The research compendium: information and knowledge management for decentralized research teams 
• What are we really reporting? 
• Quantifying culture: a discussion and reflection of current methodology 
• NET ACCESS: Highlights from BC  Highlights include: 1. Understanding the logic in ecological variables ; 2. Trends in the place of death of BC cancer patients (1999-2003); 3. Multilevel analysis using health and census data        

Ushasri Nannapaneni  (2005-2007)
PhD Student, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan

• Relationship between Ayruvedic Way of Life & Wellness on Indo-Canadians With & Without Cancer 

Mark Ferro  (2005-2006)
MSc Graduate Student - Department of Community Health and Epidemiology,University of Saskatchewan. 

• Prevalence and determinants of the use of traditional chinese medicine (TCM) and other complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in newly diagnosed Chinese cancer patients in Canada (Poster )
• Ferro, M., Leis, A., Doll, R., Lyren, C., Chung, M., Barroetavena, M.C. (2007). The impact of acculturation on the use of traditional Chinese medicine in newly diagnosed Chinese cancer patients. Support Care Cancer, 15(8), 985-92. (Article )
• Prevalence and determinants of the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and other Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in new diagnosed Chinese cancer patients in Canada (Poster )

Victor Maddalena  (2005-2006)
Post Doc - Health Services Administration, Dalhousie University 

• Cross-cultural end of life studies in Nova Scotia (PowerPoint Presentation )
• Cancer Care Experiences and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Home Remedies in Nova Scotia's Black Community: A Pilot Study
• Maddalena, V. (Fall 2006). Governance, public participation and accountability: To whom are regional health authorities accountable? Healthcare Management Forum, pp 30-35. (Article )
• Attending to the Health Needs of African Nova Scotians: Exploring the Role of District Health Authorities (Powerpoint Presentation )

Naoko Metz  (2005-2006)
Masters trainee - Counseling psychology, Trinity Western University

• Culturally Sensitive Long-Term Health Care Services for Japanese Canadians Understanding the needs of care recipients and family caregivers 

Vienna Ng  (2005-2006)
Family Physician 

• Exploring Chinese Patients’ and Families’ Wishes for Information Disclosure and Participation in Health Management Decisions During Palliative Care

Meaghan O’Brien  (2004-2006)
Medical Student, Dalhousie University

• An analysis of access to end-of-life care for adults dying of cancer in Nova Scotia
  

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