Mid-Career Realities in Palliative Care : Challenges, Growth, and Sustainability

Mid-career in palliative care and hospice is often a turning point, where growing leadership demands, cumulative grief, and shifting priorities prompt deeper reflection on meaning and sustainability. In this webinar, a panel of mid-career professionals from diverse settings will explore how purpose, identity, and fulfillment evolve over time.

Panelists will discuss redefining success beyond academic milestones, navigating burnout and moral distress, and using the interprofessional team as a source of resilience and shared purpose. Practical strategies for boundaries, role clarity, and sustaining joy, both inside and outside of work, will be highlighted, along with the role of professional organizations in offering connection and renewal. Attendees will learn realistic approaches for building a career that remains aligned, sustainable, and deeply human.