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Thursday, December 10, 2009
1:30-2:30 PM Eastern

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Featured Speakers

Amy D. Bauer, LISWS
Medical Senior Social Worker
Harry R. Horvitz Center
for Palliative Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Health Systems
Cleveland, OH

Bill Mejia, LCSW
Palliative Care Social Worker
Palliative Care Consult Service
Huntington Hospital
Pasadena, CA

About the Presentation

"I can manage the medications easily, but the psychosocial issues are overwhelming!" How often has your palliative care team struggled with family dynamics and inadequate patient coping that become a barrier to the treatment plan? A trained palliative care social worker can strengthen your team and improve outcomes.

Palliative care programs, both new and established, must recognize the critical role the social worker plays within the interdisciplinary team and in promoting positive healthcare outcomes. Social work leaders in palliative care are making significant impact in program development; enhancing patient and family satisfaction; advocacy and promoting expertise in symptom management; as well as end of life care. Many programs are underutilizing social workers or are unable to establish funding for this important role.

This session will demonstrate how two established palliative care programs operate effectively with a full-time designated social worker on their team. New and established hospital palliative care programs that wish to understand the impact of a social worker on a palliative care team, as well as the financial logistics of supporting the position, will benefit from this presentation.

Join Us and . . .

• Understand how the social worker participates within an interdisciplinary team in daily coordination and program development.
• Identify the skills and responsibilities of the social worker: assessments, family meetings, patient interventions, enhancement of team function and education.
• Discover ways to strengthen your program through social work involvement.
• Identify basic funding strategies to secure a social worker on your palliative care team

Who Should Attend?

Physicians; nurses; social workers, financial managers; administrators and others involved in operating 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 Q&A session with the presenter
• Continue the discussion following the audio conference and post your questions and comments on CAPCconnect™ Forum in the “Leadership and Team Dynamics” 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