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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR SERIES:
A LOOK IN THE MIRROR: SHIFTING PARADIGMS TO REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN END-OF-LIFE CARE
Associate Professor
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Palliative Care Services
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Clinical Ethics Research Faculty
Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Purpose: Racial disparities in quality of end-of-life care have multilevel and multidomain root causes. The goal of this webinar is to consider strategies to intervene at the individual, interpersonal, community, and social levels of influence in our research and practice.
Objectives:
- Identify underlying causes of racial and ethnic disparities in quality of end-of-life care reported in the current medical literature
- Discuss critical gaps and limitations in our understanding of end-of-life disparities
- Identify strategies that researchers, clinicians, and healthcare systems can adopt to reduce disparities in quality of end-of-life care
Target Audience: Primary care providers, nurse practitioners, palliative care specialists, pain specialists, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, allied health professionals, fellows, residents, and medical students
Criteria for Successful Completion:
- Attendance at entire session
- Submission of completed evaluation form
- Successful completion of a posttest; 80% passing grade (mandatory to receive CE credit for social workers)
Continuing Education Credits: 1.0
Continuing Education Accreditation
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: June 27, 2024
Expiration Date: February 1, 2025 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)
Disclosures:
Elizabeth Chuang, MD, MPH, 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 financial disclosures.
Planning Committee Members
Myra Glajchen, DSW
Kerrianne P. Page, MD, HMDC
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Karen Richards, PhD, EdS
Funding Disclosure: No commercial funding has been accepted for the activity.
Location: Online at https://www.mjhspalliativeinstitute.org/e-learning/
The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is pleased to offer free interdisciplinary palliative care webinars, live and on demand, delivered by frontline experts, typically offering 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for Continuing Medical Education (CME), Nursing continuing education (CE), Social Work CE credits, Case Manager CCMC CE credits, and Music Therapy CE credits.
Our free interactive multimedia modules on Community-Based Palliative Care Program Development and Caring for Holocaust Survivors With Sensitivity at End of Life offer up to 9.75 CE credits.
Free pdf downloads now available: 15 palliative care professional factsheets and patient education handouts on 18 topics in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, and Russian.