ILC Special Interest Groups
ILC special interest groups provide a mechanism to bring together ILC members with a particular interest in fundamental care in either, research, education or practice. These groups meet virtually 4x per year and aim to gather individuals with similar interests in order to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing amongst our community.
How To Join
To join an ILC Special Interest Group you must have an active ILC membership.
To join a special interest group or see the status of your membership, please log in to your account. In your member portal you can join a special interest group by checking the box in – ‘Networks and Groups’.
If you are unsure about the status of your membership, please get in touch.
The Fundamentals of Care Special Interest Groups are:
The Fundamentals of Care Special Interest Groups will meet quarterly each year. We aim to share the times of meetings around in order to make sure all regions can attend at least 2x meetings at a convenient time.
Aim: to support the conduct and dissemination of a coherent research programme within the ILC in order to improve knowledge of, and the evidence base for, fundamental care.
You can read the Terms of Reference here.
| Research SIG Dates | Adelaide | Toronto/NY | London | Aalborg | Auckland | Suits |
| 1/4/2025 | 9am | 6:30pm (31 March) | 10:30pm (31 Mar) | 12:30am | 11:30am | Asia Pacific / Americas |
| 2/4/2025 | 6:30pm | 3am | 8am | 9am | 8pm | Asia Pacific / Europe |
| 22/7/25 | 8:30am | 7pm (21 July) | midnight | 1am | 11am | Americas / Asia Pacific |
| 23/7/25 | 10:30pm | 9am | 2pm | 3pm | 1am (24 July) | Americas / Europe |
| 14/10/25 | 4.30pm | 2am | 7am | 8am | 7.00pm | Europe / Asia Pacific |
| 14/10/25 | 11.30pm | 9am | 2pm | 3pm | 2.00am (15 Oct) | Europe / Americas |
| 17/12/25 | 9:30am | 7pm (16 Dec) | 11pm (16 Dec) | midnight | 12noon | Asia Pacific / Americas |
| 17/12/25 | 6:30pm | 3am | 8am | 9am | 9pm | Asia Pacific / Europe |
Aim: To support collaboration, resource and method development for valuing, prioritisation and implementation of teaching fundamental care across all health professional and carer educational activity internationally.
You can read the Terms of Reference here.
The aim of this SIG is to support collaboration, resource and method development for valuing, prioritisation and implementation of fundamental care in health, aged and community care services across the globe.
Upcoming Meetings
You must be an ILC member to join a Special Interest Group. Find out more about ILC Membership here.
- Education: 24th / 25th of March, 2025
- Research: 31st March / 1st April 2025
- Practice: 3rd / 4th March 2025
To join a special interest group log in to your account. In your member portal you can join a special interest group by checking the box in – ‘Networks and Groups’.
You will then be sent a zoom meeting link in order to join the upcoming meeting.