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Technology and Palliative Care Research

Special Interest Group

The Technology and Palliative Care Research Special Interest Group was established in February 2024 by AIIHPC for Palliative Care Research Network (PCRN), Early Career Researcher Forum (ECRF), and Voices4Care (people with lived experience of palliative care, carers, family members, and those with an interest in palliative care) members. Members include people with backgrounds and experience in academia, nursing, medicine, pharmacist, art therapist, social worker, chaplain, patient/carer/public involvement. The group meets online on a quarterly basis to discuss research priorities, opportunities and ongoing projects.  The group is chaired by Dr Frances Cleary, Fellow and Member of Faculty of Nursing Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, South East Technological University, and co-chaired by Professor Mary Lynch, Faculty of Nursing, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Group Chair:

Dr Frances Cleary, South East Technological University

Group Vice Chair:

Professor Mary Lynch, Faculty of Nursing, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

The group’s current focus areas include:

  • Remote home care ‘Patient in the Home’
  • Health and well-being technologies
  • Education and awareness of current and emerging technologies


How can I get involved?

  • If you are a member of AIIHPC Palliative Care Research Network (PCRN), AIIHPC Early Career Researcher Forum (ECRF) or AIIHPC Voices4Care and interested in joining the Special Interest Group, please sign up using the link here.
  • If you are interested in joining the Special Interest Group and not a member of any of the AIIHPC groups listed above, you will need to join the AIIHPC Early Career Researcher Form first, please join the ECRF group using the link here. Once you have joined AIIHPC ECRF you can then sign up to join the Special Interest Group using the link here.

Group Activities, Engagement and Outputs

Group Activities, Engagement and Outputs

Next Group Meeting: 12 October 2026, 10:30 to 11:30 AM 

Poster Presentations

Group’s Poster Presentation at the 14th Annual PCRN Symposium

Group’s Poster Presentations at EAPC 2025 World Congress: Transforming Palliative Care: Stakeholder Evaluation of Virtual Reality Nature Therapy (pp. 264 in the abstract book) and Reimagining Nature Therapy in Virtual Reality: Moving Beyond Mere Distraction (pp. 268 in the abstract book)

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