Laura Bryce
Quality and Education Manager
PACOP ; University of Wollongong
Laura is a Registered Nurse and has worked across all areas of health service delivery, including tertiary hospitals, primary care, and aged care settings. During this time, she has developed a passion for education and quality improvement and completed her Masters of Nursing degree with a major in Clinical Education. Laura has prior experience in palliative care and management roles in residential aged care and joined the PACOP team in 2021.
SESSIONS
Day 1
10:05
Harnessing data to embed palliative care
According to the National Palliative Care Measures report, many benchmarks are being met (e.g. pain, breathing, family/carer-problems) some yet to remain weak (e.g. fatigue, psychological/spiritual distress)
Gain insight into how providers can use this data for more informed decision-making: Targeting underperforming symptom domains, tailoring resourcing, monitoring equity, and aligning service models to what the data is telling us
Laura Bryce, Quality and Education Manager, PACOP, University of Wollongong
Day 1
10:45
Panel: Embedding palliative aged care
How do history, data, and implementation come together to create a sustainable palliative approach in aged care?
What are the key priorities for providers, policymakers, and educators over the next 20 years?
Moderator: Camilla Rowland, Chief Executive Officer, Palliative Care Australia
Patsy Yates, Executive Dean, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology
Laura Bryce, Quality and Education Manager, PACOP
Jennifer Tieman, Professor and Director of the Research Centre in Palliative Care, Death and Dying, Flinders University