Table 1.

Efforts to promote palliative care in Oman

Date	Palliative care in Oman
2011	• The first course on Foundations of Palliative Care was initiated in Oman. The course was coordinated by MECC and taught by nurses from the Oncology Nursing Society.   ○ Attendees were from Oman, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Turkey, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
2012	• Advanced Palliative Care Courses were conducted   ○ Same attendees from 2011 • Royal Hospital in Muscat, Oman sent two staff nurses to California, USA for a training program in palliative care. • Nurses trained in palliative care implemented their action plans.
2013	• Foundations and Advanced Palliative Care Courses were conducted for a second cohort of nurses
2014	• Nurse leaders attended the Middle Eastern Cancer Consortium Cancer Conference in collaboration with NCI in Ankara, Turkey • BSc (Hons) Community Health Nursing students organized a scientific day to promote palliative care among health care workers and organized an outreach program to educate the public about palliative care • Palliative care was approved by the Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Health resorting it administratively under primary health care • Palliative care was provided as an outpatient service in the National Oncology Center, Royal Hospital. The clinic focused primarily on pain and symptom management. A doctor and a nurse were assigned to the clinic seeing palliative care patients 1 day each week
2015	• Another group of Omani nurses were trained on Foundations of Palliative Care by OCA and MOH in collaboration with MECC and ONS • Attendees expanded to include Afghanistan, Iran, Qatar, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia • The 7th Muscat international oncology conference was attended by 450 health care professionals
2016	• Nurses were trained in Advanced Palliative Care by OCA and MOH in collaboration with MECC and ONS • The 8th Muscat international oncology conference was attended by 400 health care professionals • Primary health care physicians were trained in palliative care • Nurses who attended the palliative care courses were trained in palliative care leadership and research in palliative care • OCA organized a leadership conference for health care professionals • OCA in collaboration with the MOH and University of Nebraska implemented the first research to publication workshop for health care professionals • OCA organized a palliative care workshop for journalists • OCA organized a palliative care awareness course for volunteers • Two palliative care training workshops were conducted in Royal Hospital
2017	• OCA organized a spiritual care course for participants from the Middle Eastern and East African region • OCA organized a Train the Trainer Course, which was delivered by ONS for Omani and international nurse leaders who then provided the Foundations of Palliative Care Course • OCA organized a second Train the Trainer Course the Advanced Palliative Care, Leadership, and Research Courses