Wednesday, March 14, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern
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Featured Speakers:

Carol Babcock, MFT
Manager
Center for Palliative Care Transitions
The Medical Center of Central Georgia
Macon, GA

Patricia Murphy, PhD, APN, FAAN, FPCN
Director, Family Support/Palliative Care Team
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, NJ

About the Presentation

This audio conference will take an in-depth look at two successful counselor models. First a look at a unique counselor model within The Medical Center of Central Georgia, which strongly focuses on the family systems approach used by ten counselors on their interdisciplinary team and outcomes of this model which demonstrate success in a large tertiary hospital. Second, a case study of the palliative care team at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey hospital will describe the shape, composition, origins and scope of practice of the program. Particular attention will be paid to features of the team that play a major role in its influence and success.

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What You'll Learn

• A specific, hospital-wide palliative care/family support team that includes two APRN’s and two masters prepared counselors
• Salient features that may be transferable to individual teams
• The Seven Core Components of Communication and Decision Making used by the counselors with the Transitions and Palliative Care Therapy Model
• Immediate outcomes of this model and how it prepares the hospital for the future in healthcare

Who Should Attend?

Physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, hospital administrators and others involved in starting or expanding a palliative care program.

Call Details

• $89 per phone line or $99 for one phone line plus the audio conference CD-ROM (contains MP3 audio file and presentation PDF file)
• Payment is online by credit card only
• PowerPoint presentations accompany each audio conference
• You will have the opportunity to participate in a live Q&A session with the presenters
• Continue the discussion following the audio conference and post your questions and comments on CAPCconnect™ Forum in the “Designing a Program” topic!
• We encourage you to invite your colleagues to listen with you

Any questions? Contact Margaret Schutz at (212) 201-2671 or margaret.schutz@mssm.edu