Fundación Dignia and the University sign an agreement agreement to promote a project to train palliative care professionals in Spain.
The alliance will make it possible to adapt the pioneering Pallium program, of Canadian origin, which has already accredited nearly 60,000 professionals, to the Spanish context.
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/In the front row, from left to right: Mara Castillo, president of Fundación Dignia; Paloma Grau, Vice President de research y Sostenibilidad; and Isidoro Jurado, founding trustee and treasurer of Fundación Dignia. In the second row, from left to right: Fernando de la Puente, director of research and development+I of the University of Navarra; José Pereira, researcher of ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care of ICS and founder of Pallium Canada; Carlos Centeno, researcher principal of ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care of ICS; Jaime García del Barrio, director of ICS; Alex Hansen, director of Social Impact of the University of Navarra.
28 | 05 | 2024
The University of Navarra and the Dignia Foundation have signed an agreement agreement to promote a pilot project to train healthcare professionals in palliative care in Spain. The agreement will allow the pioneering Pallium program, which has been developed in Canada since 2000, to be adapted to the Spanish context. signature The agreement, with a funding commitment of 317,000 euros, was attended by Mara Castillo, director of Fundación Dignia; Isidoro Jurado, treasurer and founding trustee of Fundación Dignia; Paloma Grau, Vice President de research y Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Navarra; and Jaime García del Barrio, director del Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) of the University of Navarra.
"We believe in training in palliative care as one of the pillars core topic to promote the culture of care in Spain. A training between professionals and the patient's environment and in all its dimensions: care, psychological, social and spiritual. Together with the University of Navarra, we are going to collaborate and finance the implementation of the Pallium pilot project in Spain over the next two years," explained Isidoro Jurado.
The project PalliumCanada, which seeks to provide access to palliative care to all those who need it, has enabled the accreditation of nearly 60,000 professionals with its 22 types of courses under LEAP certification in the North American country. Among other actions, thanks to this program, training will promote palliative care in Primary Care teams in rural and urban areas, as well as the development of educational materials to be incorporated into the curriculum at Schools of Medicine.
Dr. Carlos Centeno, researcher principal of the Atlantes Global Observatory of Palliative Care of the ICS of the University of Navarra, recalled that "the World Health Organization (WHO) advocates that palliative care must be present at all levels of care as something elementary and form part of universal health coverage. Thus, he emphasizes that "the project Pallium aims to bring the basis of palliative care to those professionals who do not work in this area, but who, in some way, should have that palliative look when a person experiences a serious status , with great suffering, due to their illness".
Dr. José Pereira, researcher of the ICS Atlantes Global Observatory of Palliative Care and founder of Pallium Canada, emphasizes that "this project has brought benefits to patients and their families, as well as to the Canadian healthcare system and its professionals. A large network of palliative care services and teamshave been formed and are collaborating across the country to help other professionals provide palliative care." In this sense, he hopes that adapting the program to Spain will bring "the same benefits to patients, families, healthcare professionals and the Spanish healthcare system, establishing collaborations in Navarra and throughout the country." The Dignia Foundation and the University of Navarra aspire to give continuity to this project generating new networks of trainers in palliative care.
