Hosted by St Michael’s Hospital and Bridgepoint Active Healthcare in Toronto, Canada, this year’s annual ILC event saw a diverse range of nursing leaders, clinicians, researchers and policy-makers come together to discuss, debate and develop innovative solutions to ensure the delivery of high-quality fundamental care globally. The theme for this year’s three-day event was ‘How […]
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ILC Awarded Green Templeton College Small Grant
The International Learning Collaborative (ILC) were recently successful in securing a Green Templeton College Small Grant to host its 9th annual Conference Day and Summit at Green Templeton College (GTC), University of Oxford, in 2016. The small grants were awarded to academics to undertake activities such as lectures, seminar series or research within the 2015/2016 academic […]
Interview with Dr Barbara Orchard
Professor Alison Kitson from the International Learning Collaborative sat down with Dr Barbara Orchard to discuss the importance of personal values and observation when providing basic care in a clinical setting. Dr Orchard worked in hospital and general practice in Australia and the United Kingdom prior to retirement and is interested in the Medical, Nursing and Social […]
Caring for Somebody with Dementia
Merideth Sindel has published a book on her experience caring for her mother after she became ill with dementia. Merideth hopes that this non-academic book will bring comfort to other people caring for a family member with dementia. Caring for Somebody with Dementia is out now. […]
ILC Website Launch
The International Learning Collaborative have launched a website! The website is an online platform to demonstrate the work and activity on the go by the ILC. Lead by co-Founder Professor Alison Kitson, the ILC Steering Group are gearing up for their 8th ILC Summit in June to be held in Toronto. The Summit will once […]
2014 ILC Summit
The 2014 ILC Summit was officially opened by Sir David Watson. In his opening address Sir David reflected upon the important role an Oxford College can play in enabling and encouraging debate around the complex problems of contemporary society. He challenged the delegates to think about the meaning of care in contemporary society and how a group such as the ILC could begin to shape some of the emerging debates. […]
2013 ILC Summit
Hosted by Green Templeton College and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden the 2013 theme was ‘Reclaiming and Redefining the Fundamentals of Care: Responding to the patient centred care agenda’ The ILC look forward to hosting their 7th Summit in 2014 in Oxford, United Kingdom. […]