SBC - Milwaukee

End-of Life Care: An Up to Date Perspective on the Art and Science of Palliative and Hospice Medicine Symposium

End-of Life Care: An Up to Date Perspective on the Art and Science of Palliative and Hospice Medicine Symposium

September 17, 2011

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Course Description

Contains up to date research on the diversity of end-of-life care with an emphasis on the communication skills needed when approaching end-of-life care descision making for patients and their family members during their grieving. Describes the Science and the Art of End-of-Life while discussing the Bioethics of End-of-Life Care Decisions. By gaining an understanding of why patients accept or reject End-of-Life Care, the attendee will be better able to commuicate with their patients about End-of-Life Care options

Who Should Attend

Designed for Physicians, End-of-Life Care providers, PAs, NPs, RNs, CNAs, Attorneys, Clergy, SWs

Attendees Will Learn - Download Presentation Summaries

  • The Diversification of End-of-Life Care
  • The Science/Process of the Dying Life-cycle
  • The Art of Caring for the Dying Patient and Meeting Their Medical and Family needs
  • The Legal and Bioethics fo End-of-Life Cycle
  • The New Approaches for Hospital Management of the End-of-Life Care Patient
  • The communication Skills for Talking About Grief with the Patient and Their Families

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Support

This educational activity is supported by the AseraCare Foundation.

Featured Speakers

Holly G Prigerson, PhD Director, Center for Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Associate Professor of Psychiatry in Brigham and Women's Department of Psychiatry, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Sean Marks, MD Program Director of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship - Division of Hematology/Oncology - Medical College of Wisconsin
Sandra Muchka, RN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care Program, Medical College of Wisconsin
Robyn S. Shapiro, JD Director of the Center for the Study of Bioethics , Medical College of Wisconsin.
Knox Todd, MD Professor and Chair - Department of Emergency Medicine - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Russell Friedman Author and Co-Founder of The Grief Recovery Institute Educational Foundation, Inc

Agenda - Download Agenda

Registration
7:45 am - 8:25 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
Morning Program
8:20 am - 8:25 am Opening Remarks and Welcome Address
Dr. Randall Levin
8:30 am - 9:25 am Dying Better: Lessons from the Coping with Cancer Study
Holly G. Prigerson, PhD
9:30 am - 10:25 am How Do We Know When Our Patients are Dying? It is Okto use the "d-word"
Sean Marks, MD
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break - Networking and Exhibitors
10:45 am - 11:40 am Nurses Role in Palliative and Hospice Care
Sandra Muchka, RN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN
Box Lunches and Break Out Sessions
11:45 am - 12:40 pm Community and Religious Approach for Accessing and Accepting End-of-Life Care
Panel of Clergy and Community Advocates
Afternoon Program
12:45 pm - 1:35 pm Update an Ethical and Legal End-of-Life Care Issues
Robyn S. Shapiro, JD
1:45pm - 2:35pm Palliative Care in the Emergency Department: A Work in Progress
Knox Todd, MD
2:45pm - 3:40pm Talking to Grievers About Grief
Russell Friedman
3:45pm - 4:40pm Q/A Session
Speakers
4:45pm - 4:50pm Closing Remarks
Randall M. Levin, MD

* Question and Answer time is included in each lecture. Lecture schedule subject to change.

Accreditation:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas, Elements and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the Wisconsin Medical Society and Sanford-Brown College. The Wisconsin Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide Continuing Medical Education for physicians.

The Wisconsin Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Education:

This activity has been approved by the Supremen Court of Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners for 7.0 CLE Credits.
This acitivity has been submitted to WNA CEAP for approval to award contact hours. Wisconsin Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation
* Participants should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Special Needs Statement

Title III Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA):

Sanford-Brown College is committed to making its activites accessible to all individuals. If you are in need of specific accommodations, please email your requests to Dr. Randall M. Levin, Director of Continuing Education - SBC, rlevin@sbcmilwaukee.com or phone 414-978-4949

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