APHN Symposium @ EAPC 2025
Date & Time
30 May @ 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm
The Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network will be organising a 90 minutes Symposium at the upcoming 19th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC).
Details
Date: 30 May 2025
Time: 12:45-14:15hrs (GMT+3)
Human-centred co-design approach to develop a prototype for cancer palliative care upstreaming in South and East Asia.
| Time | Description | Faculty |
| 10 minutes | Inspiration and Introduction
Inspiration to launch the Cynthia Goh Fellow Program. Outline of the Cynthia Goh fellowship Introduction of the Cynthia Goh Fellows |
Mr Giam Cheong Leong |
| 10 minutes | Context of Use – Empathise with the need
APHN Asian Atlas of Palliative Care. Need for upstreaming palliative care in Asia |
Dr Shirlynn Ho |
| 10 minutes | Introduction to Assessing Patient Perspectives Regarding Outcomes, Awareness, Care and Health (APPROACH) II | Dr Eric Finkelstein |
| 10 minutes | Human-centred co-design approach
Choice and incorporation of the HCD components Incorporating the Leadership for Change and Servant Leadership principles through CGF mentorship |
Dr Naveen Salins |
| 25 minutes | Knowing the user requirement and championing the cause
Country report – China, Bhutan, Malaysia, Philippines, India – Justifying the need for a contextualised palliative care upstreaming framework for Asia and championing the cause in each of these countries. 5 x 5 minutes |
Dr Han Yee Neo
Dr Shirlynn Ho Dr Sharon Choo Dr Mae Corvera Dr Naveen Salins |
| 10 minutes | Ideation of the prototype for cancer palliative care upstreaming
Initial draft prototype and conducting think- aloud usability evaluations. Results of the usability evaluation and refinement of the prototype |
Dr Naveen Salins |
| 15 minutes | Group Discussion and Question and Answers (Moderated by Dr Sharon Choo)
Pointers: Contextual considerations in palliative care upstreaming Multilateral stakeholders in upstreaming Why is this process iterative and not linear What are the next steps – testing, implementation, evaluation |
Mr Giam Cheong Leong
Dr Shirlynn Ho Dr Sharon Choo Dr Mae Corvera Dr Naveen Salins |