The workshop “Leadership in Curriculum Design” was facilitated by Prof. Dr. Jose Pereira with the support of co-facilitator Tania Pastrana. The session focused on how effective leadership can guide the design, implementation, and evaluation of meaningful educational programmes in palliative care. Participants explored key curriculum development frameworks, including the ADDIE Model, Kern’s Cycle for Medical…
The workshop “Design Thinking in Medical Education and Palliative Care” aimed to introduce participants to the principles of Design Thinking, exploring what it is, how it is defined, and how it can foster creativity and innovation in medical education and palliative care teaching. The session highlighted Design Thinking not only as a methodology, but also…
The workshop is built around a real-world case simulation. Participants are given a scenario: a palliative care unit has received a major funding offer of €4.2 million to become a Regional Centre of Excellence. The offer comes with four non-negotiable conditions: merging with oncology, prioritising cancer patients (70% of beds), becoming a research and training…
The workshop ‘Transformational Leadership in Palliative Care: from Theory to Action’ highlighted that effective palliative care depends not only on clinical excellence but also on leadership — a skill that is decisive for whether services survive, teams stay well, and change takes hold. Drawing on a Delphi consensus study conducted in 2021 and published in…
Dr Aneta Maria Kochanowicz from WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza, leader of Working Group 2: Culture, Language & Diversity within the COST Action CA22127 CODE-YAA@PC-EDU project, presented the project during the 18th International Conference of the journal “Palliative Medicine in Practice”, held in Gdańsk on 29–30 May 2026. Her presentation, entitled “Cultural and Linguistic Frameworks…
The CODE-YAA@PC-EDU COST Action actively participated in the 20th EAPC World Congress, held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 14–16 May 2026. The congress once again brought together leading experts, researchers, healthcare professionals, organisations, and stakeholders from across Europe and beyond, creating a major platform for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation in palliative care education and…
The CODE-YAA Malaga meeting was successfully held in Málaga, Spain, bringing together COST Action members in a productive hybrid format to advance the next phase of the CODE-YAA@PC-EDU project. The meeting created an important space for coordination among working groups and helped strengthen the Action’s shared commitment to improving palliative care education across Europe and…
We are pleased to announce a new publication arising from the work of COST Action CA22127 CODE-YAA@PC-EDU: “Towards quality indicators in palliative care education: An umbrella review”, published in Palliative Care and Social Practice. This umbrella review represents an important step in the conceptual development of the CODE-YAA framework. By synthesising evidence from 24 reviews,…
On April 8, 2026, the first CODE-YAA exchange bringing together palliative care education providers from German-speaking Switzerland was successfully held, with contributions from Eleonore Baum and Monica Fliedner. The session was marked by open and lively discussions on quality indicators, their relevance, and the challenges and opportunities related to their implementation in practice. The exchange…
