Palliative care competency framework

The Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Competency Framework has been endorsed by:

• Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba
• Association québécoise de soins palliatifs
• BC Centre for Palliative Care
• Canadian Association for Spiritual Care
• Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology
• Canadian Association of Social Works
• Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses
• Canadian Home Care Association
• Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
• Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association
• Canadian Medical Association
• Canadian Nurses Association
• Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association
• Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
• Canadian Support Workers Association
• Canadian Virtual Hospice
• Colleges and Institutes Canada
• Community Health Nurses of Canada
• Life and Death Matters
• Nova Scotia Hospice Palliative Care Association
• Ontario Personal Support Workers Association
• Palliative Manitoba
• Pallium Canada

Support for the Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Competency Framework has been provided by:

• Canadian Cancer Society
• College of Family Physicians of Canada

Acknowledgements

Developing this Framework would not have been possible without the participation and dedicated efforts of the members of the Palliative and End-of-life Care National Network (PEOLCNN). The Partnership and Health Canada would like to acknowledge the significant contributions of the PEOLCNN and the numerous expert advisors and leaders, educators, clinicians, patients and family members, policy makers, researchers, health service planners, and cancer control organizations that have helped shape this Framework. The Partnership and Health Canada would especially like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions also made by the BC Centre for Palliative Care, the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians, and Pallium Canada.