Palliative Care Events Calendar
CAPC provides a timely listing of upcoming events related to palliative care. If you would like to submit information about an upcoming palliative care conference or seminar, please send an email to margaret.schutz@mssm.edu.
CAPC Events -
CAPC National Level I / II Seminar
Phoenix, AZ
October 21-23, 2010
More information coming soon!
Other Events -
ELNEC-Core Course
AACN will offer several ELNEC programs in 2009, including the Core program, Critical Care, Geriatric and Pediatric Palliative Care programs. Please visit the ELNEC website for more information or to register: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNEC/CourseSchedule.htm
Information about the 2010 schedule of programs is available here.
The Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice
Harvard Medical School Course Offering
Specialized Pediatric Track!
April 27, 2010 - May 4, 2010 & November 9-15, 2010
The Harvard Medical School Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice offers intensive learning experience for physician and nurse-educators who wish to become expert in the clinical practice and teaching of comprehensive, interdisciplinary palliative care, as well as to gain expertise in leading and managing improvements in palliative care education and practice at their own institutions.
The course is delivered in two sections:
Part 1: Teaching and Learning in Palliative Care consists of 7 days of intensive learning, followed by a 6-month interim where participants work on an individual project and contribute to weekly discussions of problematic cases presented by other participants through e-mail exchanges; and
Part 2: Building a Future in Palliative Care, is a second 7-day block that includes continued experiential learning and leadership.
Application deadline, March 10, 2010. Applications for only one session will not be accepted. Scholarship opportunities (both domestic and international).
For the full course description and additional information, please refer to: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcare/pcep.htm/
contact: Venus Watson (617) 582-7859 or PallCare@Partners.org.
End-of-life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Course
Philadelphia, PA
March 9-10, 2010, 8:00--5:00 PM
The End-of-life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Geriatric course is part of a national initiative to improve palliative care. The curriculum was developed through the work of nationally recognized palliative care experts with input from reviewers. The curriculum is revised regularly based on participant recommendations and new advances in the field, and is modified for each distinct audience.
ELNEC-Geriatric content is divided into nine modules: Principles of Palliative Care, Pain Assessment and Management, Non-Pain Symptom Assessment and Management, Goals of Care and Ethical Issues, Cultural and Spiritual Considerations, Communication, Loss, Grief, Bereavement, Ensuring Quality Care, and Preparation for and Care at the Time of Death.
Participants receive a comprehensive 1,000+ page syllabus, and a wealth of resources and strategies to teach this content to others. Teaching materials are furnished in hard copy as well as on a CD so nurse educators can use them efficiently for their own instructional purposes. The conference also provides a wonderful opportunity to network with other professionals dedicated to improving care for older adults at the end of life.
Who Should Attend: Nurses, social workers, nursing assistants and others who want to enhance their knowledge and teaching skills about providing expert, compassionate care to older adults at the end of life. The information and teaching materials are focused on providers working in long-term care settings. Hospice providers working in this setting also will benefit greatly.
Location: NewCourtland Education Center
Germantown Home
6950 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Registration Fee: $190
Contact: ELNEC at Penn
Sponsored by NewCourtland Senior Services, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Penn Wissahickon Hospice
Nursing CEUs will be available.
End-of-Life Care: The Latest Including Pain Management
April 7 and April 14, 2010
Originating from the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, WV and offered via Mountaineer Doctor Television (MDTV).
Target audience: The program is designed for all physician specialties, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clergy, social workers, and other allied health professionals who wish to increase their knowledge and skills in end-of-life care including pain management.
This course is appropriate for those providers needing to meet the requirements of two hours of end-of-life care including pain management education for licensure purposes. If you wish to attend this program at an MDTV site, please call Cindy Barnes at 800-699-6388 to verify that the site you are requesting is participating in this program.
Please visit www.hsc.wvu.edu to download event information.
Professional Chaplaincy 2010: Reaching New Heights Schaumburg, IL
April 10-14, 2010
The Association of Professional Chaplains serves chaplains in diverse settings, including hospitals, long-term care, hospice, workplaces, corrections, police and fire, rehab, the military, mental health and other arenas. A national, not-for-profit professional association, APC’s mission is to certify and serve our membership, and to promote professional chaplaincy. APC’s members are involved in interfaith spiritual care of all persons, respecting their diverse cultures and beliefs.
For more information and to register for this program, please visit the APC website for Conference Registration.
Pediatric Ethics 2010: Advancing the Interests of Children Cleveland, OH
April 22-24, 2010
The Northern Ohio Regional Pediatric Ethics Consortium invites you to attend Pediatric Ethics 2010: Advancing the Interests of Children at the Cleveland Renaissance April 22- 24, 2010. Plenary and breakout sessions will address clinical ethics and consultation, ethical issues in pediatric and neonatal intensive care research ethics, health care policy, palliative care and end-of-life issues, resource utilization, and ethical issues in outpatient pediatrics.
Plenary speakers for this conference include Douglas Diekema, MD, Sarah Friebert MD, Lainie Ross Friedman, MD, Eric Kodish MD, William Meadow MD. Abstracts will be accepted for poster presentations.
To learn more about this educational event and to receive updates prior to registration, please visit the informational website: www.ccfcme.org/PediatricEthics10.
ELNEC Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program
Westin Hotel, Pasadena, CA
April 29-30, 2010
Free Registration for the first 100 eligible California nurses
Contact: ELNEC
Sponsored by American Association of Colleges of Nursing & City of Hope
The End-of-life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Geriatric course is part of a national initiative to improve palliative care. The curriculum was developed through the work of nationally recognized palliative care experts with input from reviewers. The curriculum is revised regularly based on participant recommendations and new advances in the field, and is modified for each distinct audience.
ELNEC-Geriatric content is divided into nine modules: Principles of Palliative Care, Pain Assessment and Management, Non-Pain Symptom Assessment and Management, Goals of Care and Ethical Issues, Cultural and Spiritual Considerations, Communication, Loss, Grief, Bereavement, Ensuring Quality Care, and Preparation for and Care at the Time of Death.
Participants receive a comprehensive 1,000+ page syllabus, and a wealth of resources and strategies to teach this content to others. Teaching materials are furnished in hard copy as well as on a CD so nurse educators can use them efficiently for their own instructional purposes. The conference also provides a wonderful opportunity to network with other professionals dedicated to improving care for older adults at the end of life.
Who Should Attend: Nurses, social workers, nursing assistants and others who want to enhance their knowledge and teaching skills about providing expert, compassionate care to older adults at the end of life. The information and teaching materials are focused on providers working in long-term care settings. Hospice providers working in this setting also will benefit greatly.
Nursing CE’s will be available.
Early Access to Palliative Care
Active Learning through Live Case Studies
April 30, 2010
Seattle, Washington
IHI is pleased to offer this innovative opportunity to learn from organizations that excel at providing patients early access to hospital and clinic-based palliative and supportive care. In this unique one-day program, participants will join in “Live Case Studies” onsite at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, or the “Partners in Palliative Care” program, a partnership between The Everett Clinic and Providence Hospice and Homecare, in Everett, Washington. Participants will then engage in in-depth review with expert faculty who will help distill key lessons that can be applied to your home organization.
Who Should Attend- Executives of health care systems that care for patients with advanced, life-limiting illnesses, including Chief Medical Officers and Chief Nursing Officers
- Frontline staff that provides palliative or hospice care, including physicians, nurses, and social workers
In this unique learning opportunity, a small group of participants will:
- Visit leading-edge palliative care programs and learn from their models for delivering exceptional care
- Engage with others in an action-oriented discussion of these innovative and promising approaches
- Develop plans for implementing earlier access to palliative care that overcome common barriers to this kind of system change
For registration information, please visit our registration page.
5th Annual Promoting Excellence in Pain Management & Palliative Care for Social Workers
July 30, 2010
City of Hope Platt Conference Center
City of Hope, Duarte, CA
Our Website
Contact: Maggie Johnson
mjohnson@coh.org or (626) 256-4673 Ext. 63202
Division of Nursing Research & Education
City of Hope
1500 E Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
This course provides social workers, and other health professionals, ways to enhance their skills to maximize their effectiveness in pain and symptom management and to address the critical palliative care needs facing patients and their families. Whether you are returning or a new attendee – you’ll find evidenced-based clinically relevant content as well as valuable opportunities to network at the 5th annual Promoting Excellence in Pain Management & Palliative Care for Social Workers course. For additional course information and specifics check sccpi.coh.org/SWC10.htm.
OBJECTIVES - Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the critical advocacy role of social work in pain management and palliative care for patients and their families, with special attention to the impact of culture and the care of older adults.
- Link the domains of quality end-of-life care to social work practice.
- Identify multiple biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment tools and interventions appropriate for social work use in palliative care.
Developing the Care Continuum: Innovative Models to Meet the Unique Care Needs of Patients/Families
Boston, MA
August 5-7, 2010
Now is the time to expand the care continuum of providers who can meet the unique needs of patients and families so that future health care reform conversations turn to us instead of talking about us. Be a part of inventing the future of the end-of-life care continuum, one community at a time.
NHPCO’s Developing the Care Continuum: Innovative Models to Meet the Unique Care Needs of Patients/Families will focus on how to proactively invent the models and care continuums that meet the unmet needs we see every day.
The Conference Planning Committee is seeking proposals for 60 minute presentations, 90 minute interactive sessions, 30 minute research reports and poster presentations.
Presentation/Paper Proposal Deadline: February 8, 2010
Visit the Developing the Care Continuum, Call for Proposals to find out how you can be a part of this novel event.
19th Annual Pain Resource Nurse (PRN) Course
September 1-3, 2010
City of Hope Platt Conference Center
City of Hope, Duarte, CA
Our Website
Contact: Maggie Johnson
mjohnson@coh.org or (626) 256-4673 Ext. 63202
Division of Nursing Research & Education
City of Hope
1500 E Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
Pain is a significant problem in management of acute, chronic, malignant and non-malignant conditions. The primary objectives of this course is to educate nurses in pain management and prepare nurses or institutions to develop the role of the Pain Resource Nurse. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Discuss appropriate advocacy, communication, and education strategies.
- Identify current issues in acute and chronic pain management.
- Describe the process of pain assessment.
- Identify the pharmacologic approaches to the management of pain and side-effect management.
- Explore the use of non-pharmacologic interventions for pain management.
- Identify issues in pain management for pediatric, elderly and other at risk populations.
- Review resources for extending pain education in your settings.
- Discuss the role of the Pain Resource Nurse.
- Review professional self-care strategies.
