Hospice & Palliative Care

Speaker: Lisa Rosenzweig, PhD
Bereavement Coordinator and Psychologist
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care

Purpose: The purpose of the webinar is to 1) increase clinicians’ awareness of patients’ and loved ones’ needs for closure in the clinical relationship, and 2) provide guidance on how to meet these needs.

Objectives:  

1. Outline and discuss the closure needs of patients and their loved ones in palliative and hospice care
2. Normalize clinicians’ challenges of engaging with closure activities
3. Provide concrete guidance on supporting patients’ and loved ones’ closure needs prior to death
4. Provide concrete guidance on expressing condolences to loved ones after a death

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

Continuing Education Accreditation

Physicians: This on-demand webinar, Goodbyes and Condolences in Palliative and Hospice Care, with a beginning date of December 13, 2023, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 1.0 prescribed credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1.0 credit(s)^™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award.
Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Social Workers: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0242.

Fees: Free (includes CME/CE certificate)

Release Date: December 13, 2023

Expiration Date: December 13, 2024 (for physicians and non-physicians); July 1, 2024 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)

Disclosures:

Lisa Rosenzweig, PhD, has no financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research, or services may be discussed in these materials. Any discussion of investigational or unlabeled uses of a product will be identified.

No Planning Committee Member has any disclosures.

Planning Committee Members
Lara Dhingra, PhD
Myra Glajchen, DSW
Helena Knotkova, PhD
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Karen Richards, PhD, EdS
Wini Schein, BA

Funding Disclosure: No commercial funding has been accepted for the activity.

Location: Online at https://www.mjhspalliativeinstitute.org/e-learning/