Time Table: March 2004 – March 2005

1.

March-April

1.1. First IPF Seminar in Budapest

1.2. Review current practice in palliative care in Slovenia

1.3. Compare Slovenia with selected other countries in terms of data system, payment models and clinical practice

1.4. Make decisions regarding changes to the routine palliative care data set for better clinical management

1.5. Participation at International Conference: Effective Advocacy for Health, Bled, Slovenia; April 21 - 24

2.

May

2.1. Review and refine clinical protocols as necessary

2.2. Explore classification models and begin the testing of a preferred model 2.3. Identify the palliative care teams, consultants

2.4. Start education (workshops) for implementation of the new protocols

2.5. Identify the definition entering the pilot

3.

June

3.1 Identify the evaluation for the model (several questionnaires and specific indicators)

3.2. Meeting with personal mentor

3.3. Prepare an article to publish in an international medical journal

3.4. Active participation at the EAPC Conference in Stresa, Italy

4.

July

4.1. Coordinate the pilot study

4.2. Suggest a co-ordination body at the Ministry of Health

4.3. Interim report

5.

August

5.1. Study visit in Barcelona, Catalonia

5.2. Coordinate the pilot, discuss variances

5.3. Analyses and evaluation of the questionnaires so far

6.

September

6.1. Presentation of interim results at the Conference on PC in Montreal

6.2. Active participation on 1^st Austria-Italy-Slovenia Congress on Palliative Care: “Opioid consumption in the treatment of cancer pain”, Aviano, Italy, September 10

6.3. Coordinate the pilot

6.4. Active participation at 5^th International Conference: Care of the Dying, Montreal, Canada, Sept 19-23, 2004

6.5. Second IPF Seminar in Budapest

7.

October

7.1. Collect and analyze the results from the evaluation data

7.2. A working meeting to discuss the 1st Draft of the Research paper with mentors

8.

November

8.1. 1^st Draft of the Research Paper

9.

December

9.1. Find agreement to refinement of payment system

9.2. Propose long-term strategy for payment system

9.3. Continuos meetings with authorities of health care institutions and Ministry of Health

10.

January

10.1. Working on the final Research paper and the final Policy paper

11.

February-March

11.1. Translation of the Policy Paper

11.2. Publication

11.3. Distribution

11.4. IPF Seminar in Budapest