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HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS
WE DELIVERED
IN TOTAL,
TRAINED PALLIATIVE CARE
LINK NURSES
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WORKING IN THE HUTT VALLEY
WORKSHOPS TO302
RESEARCH
Research remains strong at Te Omanga Hospice. What started as a regional research interest group, the Te Omanga Hospice Research Champions (TORCH) group, has now started a national group, Palliative Care Aotearoa Research Network (PCARN). TORCH continues to meet regularly locally. Dr Kaye Basire and Dr Salina Iupati organized a national research day in Christchurch ahead of the November 2022 Hospice New Zealand Conference, and from that, others have used the momentum to start the national group.
Dr Salina Iupati is part way through her PhD research on Models of Integration of Primary and Specialist Palliative Care. This is bringing academic rigor to our Hospice’s own integration initiatives. She has had two peer reviewed publications from her PhD so far, with the most recent being in
the International Journal of Palliative Medicine, June 2023. She also published in the New Zealand Medical Journal in December 2022. Dr Iupati will
be supported by Te Omanga Hospice to join the National Palliative Care steering group of
Te Whatu Ora.
The House Surgeon Quality Improvement projects are ongoing. Each quarter our new House Surgeons work with one of the Hospice's Medical team on a quality improvement project.
Dr Kaye Basire and Registered Nurse David Gillmore are putting the finishing touches on a publication from the PRESERVE study on Non- pharmacological Interventions for Prevention and Management of Delirium. This is a multisite collaborative research project with Australian co-investigators.
A very interesting aspect of this work has been the collaboration with the Māori researchers at the local Kōkiri Marae. In this study, Māori researchers interviewed the Māori participants, which is uncommon in medical research. An innovation that is difficult to achieve and a significant example of equity in action.
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