In response to an age-related increase in deaths from chronic diseases, the CODE-YAA@PC-EDU project was born for improvement of education in palliative care.

Joined March 2024
📢 From Quality Indicators to Advocacy: CODE-YAA Policy Briefs Are Now Available! 📚 💡 Visit our website - codeyaa.eu/2026/10/16/from-q…
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📢 We are excited to announce the CODE-YAA@PC-EDU Influencer Award 2026! 🌍💙 Help us recognise and celebrate those who are making a difference in palliative care education and awareness. ✨ 📝 Submit your nomination here: link.webropolsurveys.com/S/B…
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🌍💙 World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2026 📚✨ Better palliative care starts with better education. And better education starts with knowing what quality looks like, and with people working together to define it. 💙🤝🌱 #WHPCD2026 #CODEYAA
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📢 The translation process of the quality indicators created by CODE-YAA for international improvement of education in palliative care was presented by Ulla Näppä and Minna Hökkä at the 11th National Conference in Palliative Care in Sundsvall, Sweden (29.09 - 1.10.2026). 🎓🌍
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📍 From the 28th to 29th of September 2026, Kadri Oras from Estonia visited Bergen, Norway. Her Short Term Scientific Mission focused on investigating innovative educational strategies and teaching methods to implement in clinical palliative care.
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🤝 The CODE-YAA@PC-EDU project held a successful Working Meeting in Latvia on 21-22 August 2026, bringing together participants from across Europe to review progress, strengthen collaboration, and plan next steps to advance palliative care education 🙏✨ #codeyaa #costaction
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📢 Newly published paper! 📢 “National palliative care laws in Europe: do they enable access and effectively promote the development of palliative care within health systems? A comparative multimethod analysis” ⚖️🩺 FIND OUT MORE AT: academic.oup.com/eurpub/arti…
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Today, the CODE-YAA@PC-EDU COST Action Working Meeting started in Liepāja, Latvia in a hybrid format 💻🤝 It's great opportunity to exchange ideas, strengthen collaboration, and shape the next steps of CODE-YAA@PC-EDU. Looking forward to another productive day tomorrow! 🚀
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From 5–7 August 2026, WG3 leaders Gil Goldzweig and Ozan Bahcivan took part in a Short-Term Scientific Mission at the University of Tartu, Estonia, focused on advancing the analysis of the 2026 CODE-YAA Quality Indicator Survey 📊. #costCODEYAA #PalliativeCareEducation
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At the CODE-YAA@PC-EDU Summer School 2026, experts from across the globe shared their perspectives on advancing gender equality in palliative care education and research 👇 youtube.com/@CODE-YAAatPC-ED… #costCODEYAA #COSTAction #GenderEquality #PalliativeCare
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🎤✨ We are proud to share our #CODEYAA Project Leader prof. Piret Paal's inspiring #TEDxUniversityofTartu talk: 🗣️ "We Do Not Just Die Biologically, We Die Culturally." 🎥 Watch the TEDx talk here - youtube.com/watch?v=rh98c244… . #TEDxUniversityofTartu #costCODEYAA
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✨ The CODE-YAA@PC-EDU Summer School 2026 was successfully completed in Pamplona, bringing together participants, educators, researchers, and facilitators for an intensive programme focused on leadership, ethics, education, communication in palliative care.
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☀️ Summer School 2026 – Workshop E7-E8 🌐 Hydration in the Dying Phase: Ethical Questions and Clinical Decision Making & 🎓🤝 Ethics in Everyday Education: Navigating Power, Culture and Emotions in Palliative Care Teaching #CODEYAA #SummerSchool2026 #PalliativeCare
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⚖️🤝 The workshop “Ethical Challenges in Clinical Practice: A Discussion of Case Report & Communication” was facilitated by Frank Elsner, with the support of co-facilitator Irem Ozgoren Kınlı.
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💬🤝 The workshop “Ethics in Practice: Case-Based Reflection on Real Clinical Challenges” was facilitated by John Ellershaw, with the support of co-facilitator Minna Hökkä.
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⚖️🩺 The workshop “Research in Ethics in Palliative Care Settings: Focus on ACP with Frail Patients” was facilitated by Simone Veronese, with the support of co-facilitator Minna Hökkä.
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📊🤝🩺 The workshop “Empowering Leaders: Project Management Strategies in Palliative Care” was facilitated by Simone Veronese, with the support of co-facilitator Eduardo Garralda.
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🤝🩺 The workshop “Developing Professional Coping in Palliative Care: A Reflective Leadership Workshop” was facilitated by Maria Arantzamendi, with the support of co-facilitator Carlos Centeno.
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🎨🩺 The workshop “Arts and Life” was facilitated by Prof. Dr. Carlos Centeno, with the support of co-facilitators Maria Arantzamendi and Vilma Tripodoro.
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📚🩺 The workshop “#Leadership in #Curriculum Evaluation Research” was facilitated by Prof. Dr. Jose Pereira with the support of co-facilitator Tania Pastrana.
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