Hospice & Palliative Care
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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR SERIES:
EVIDENCE-BASED ADVOCACY FOR THE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE CLINICIAN
Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Purpose: This webinar will review evidence-based advocacy approaches to support equitable hospice and palliative care access and delivery at local, national, and international levels. Empirical data and case studies will be used to describe the advocacy process and provide suggestions to achieve future advocacy goals. Content will be aimed at interdisciplinary clinicians with a primary aim to reconsider advocacy as a fundamental component of hospice and palliative care practice.
Objectives:
- Identify key elements of evidence-based advocacy in the hospice and palliative care context
- Apply serious illness communication skills to foster relationships with stakeholders and advance advocacy endeavors
- Discuss ways to use both personal identity and professional obligations to advocate effectively
- Explain how to combine data and narratives to support an advocacy agenda
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: April 4, 2024
Expiration Date: February 1, 2025 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)
Disclosures:
Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, APRN, 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
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.
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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.