Develop Best Practices - Health (Virtual Opportunity)
Project scope
Categories
Social sciencesSkills
palliative care hospice researchOpportunity:
We have an opportunity for one or more students/teams of students to support the development of best practice guidelines to support the hospice palliative care sector. This may include:
- Conduct literature searches, reviews and environmental scans
- Evaluate research articles using tools such as GRADE
- Write reports/manuscripts
- Coordinate working group meetings
Potential Topics:
- Equity, diversity and inclusion in hospice palliative care, including 2SLGBTQI+ health
- Grief and bereavement
- Complementary therapies
- Spiritual care
Qualifications:
- 3rd/4th year undergraduate student or graduate student
- Interest in health services research
- Understanding of literature review methods
- Understanding of database searching specific to health services
- Knowledge and understanding of hospice palliative care, an asset
Students will report to the Director, Centre for Excellence and meet 1:1 weekly. Additionally, students will be integrated into the broader staff team and will have the opportunity to interact with staff and member organizations.
About the company
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario’s mission is to provide leadership on behalf of our members by informing policy and promoting awareness, education, knowledge transfer and best practices in the pursuit of quality hospice palliative care in Ontario.
What We Do
-Encourage, develop, support, and provide leadership and guidance in the field of, hospice palliative care in Ontario
-Promote the development and/or expansion of hospice palliative care services in Ontario
-Promote research in the field of hospice palliative care
-Promote education pertaining to hospice palliative care services for health professionals, volunteers and the general public