5th Annual U.S. Celebration of World Hospice & Palliative Care Day: A Virtual Coming Together

Monday, September 30, 2024, 8:00 AM - Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 6:40 PM, Online

Due to the overwhelming response to this program, we've reached full capacity and are no longer able to accept new registrations. We truly appreciate your interest and encourage you to stay connected for future opportunities! 

Access to palliative care is a right to the highest standard of health and an integral component of universal health coverage for patients with serious illness and their caregivers. This innovative 2-day virtual conference is a U.S.-based “coming together” that strives to foster cross-cultural community building and both scientific and experiential wisdom sharing.

A multidisciplinary group of palliative care leaders at the forefront of research, policy, and clinical practice will present on diverse topics, including the psychological needs of people living with serious illnesses, spiritual care needs at the end-of-life, the role of emergency medical services in serious illness care, palliative care advocacy, and care for historically minoritized and marginalized populations.

Condensed over two half-days, this year’s virtual program includes:

• Special breakout sessions will include experts on psychedelics, end-of-life care, women of color in palliative care, and pediatric palliative care.
• A highlight of this meeting will be dedicated sessions on the patient and caregiver experiences.
• A special Schwartz Rounds will facilitate a case-based open and honest discussion on the social and emotional issues health care workers face while caring for patients and families.
• Participants will be able to engage in the Palliative Story Exchange, a space for interprofessional palliative care clinicians to tell and receive stories.
• We will feature presentations from palliative care leaders across the world on implementation of the 2014 World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 67.19 on Palliative Care.
• Participants will engage in discussions with inter-professional and internationally based presenters about patient, family, and community implications for palliative care practice and scholarship.

This program is co-hosted by Memorial Sloan Kettering's Supportive Care Service and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Who Should Attend

This virtual Conference is focused on the care of seriously ill patients and their caregivers, and is appropriate for national and international health care workers including and not limited to physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, chaplains, psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacists, and patient advocates regardless of specialty palliative care or oncology experience. We proudly welcome all members of the community to join complimentary. 

Syllabus

Registered attendees will receive access to an online syllabus after the course, which includes select PDFs of the faculty presentations (slides) and recorded videos from the course.

1. Apply interdisciplinary approaches to address patient and family needs across the domains of palliative care to improve quality of life and alleviate serious health-related suffering.
2. Address health disparities in hospice and palliative care and identify actionable methods to promote social justice.
3. Discuss national and global advocacy efforts to promote universal access to palliative care as a component of universal health coverage.
4. Describe evidence-based approaches and advances in symptom management, serious illness communication, bereavement, spiritual care, end-of-life care, and advance care planning.
5. Describe ethical dilemmas encountered throughout the serious illness trajectory and employ best practices using interdisciplinary models.

Due to the overwhelming response to this program, we've reached full capacity and are no longer able to accept new registrations. We truly appreciate your interest and encourage you to stay connected for future opportunities!

For inquiries regarding conference registration, please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 11.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Continuing Education for Licensed Psychologists in New York State*

This event offers 11.25 NYS Psychology Contact Hours.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0166

Social Work Accreditation Statement**

This presentation is approved for a maximum of 11.25 Continuing Education Contact Hours of Live Virtual Training. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 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-0228.

ANCC CNE Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center–Nursing Professional Development / Continuing Education is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

11.50 contact hours will be awarded to participants who attend the program in its entirety and complete a program evaluation. Partial credit not awarded.

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*Not all states accept NYS Psychology Contact Hours. Please check with the licensing board in your state for guidance on their acceptance of the credit types offered for this course.

**Not all states accept NYS CEUs. Please check with the licensing board in your state for guidance on their acceptance of the credit types offered for this course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Faculty 

Rabia S. Atayee, PharmD, BCPS, APh, FAAHPM
University of California, San Diego

Cristiane Bergerot, PhD  
Oncoclinicas & Co - MedSir

Craig D. Blinderman, MD, MA, FAAHPM
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Brian Block, MD 
University of California, San Francisco 

Jori F. Bogetz, MD 
University of Washington School of Medicine

William S. Breitbart, MD 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Amelia M. Breyre, MD, NREMT-P 
Alameda Health System

Annabelle Bull, BSN, RN, CHPN  
University of California, San Francisco 

Karen Bullock, PhD, LICSW, APHSW-C
Boston College

Stephen R. Connor, PhD, LP 
Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance

Alex Daniels
International Children’s Palliative Care Network

Liliana De Lima, MS, MHA
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care

DorAnne Donesky, PhD ANP-BC ACHPN FHPN
Queen of the Valley Medical Center; University of California

Caroline Dorsen, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey

Alexis E. Drutchas, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Stacy M. Fischer, MD
University of Colorado

Kathleen M. Foley, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center;
Weill Cornell Medicine

Kiran Gupta, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco

Ednin Hamzah, MD 
Hospis Malaysia

Julie Hauer, MD, FAAHPM
Boston Children’s Hospital

Noelle Marie C. Javier, MD
Mount Sinai  

Christopher Jones, MD, MBA, HMDC, FAAHPM   
Duke Health

Amanda Kastrinos
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 

Neha Kayastha, MD
Duke University Hospital 

Richard E. Leiter, MD, MA
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
Harvard Medical School 

Sonia Malhotra, MD, MS, FAAP, FAAHPM
Tulane School of Medicine;
University Medical Center New Orleans  

Masako Mayahara, RN, PhD, CHPN, FPCN, FAAN
Goldfarb School of Nursing;
Washington University School of Medicine

Michelle Marie Milic, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH)

Megan R. Miller, PhD, RN
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing

Laveena Munshi, MD, MSc
Sinai Health System, 
University of Toronto

Judith Nelson, MD, JD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Christian Ntizimira, MD, MMsGHD
African Center for Research on End-of-Life Care (ACREOL);
University of Rwanda

Amy S. Porter, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Harvard Medical School

Enver Rahmanov, MTS, MA 
University of California, San Francisco 

Rachel Rusch, LCSW, MSW, MA, APHSW-C
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Catherine Saiki, RN, MSN, AGNP-C, ACHPN 
University of California, San Francisco

Naomi Saks, MA, Mdiv, BCC
University of California, San Francisco

Naveen Salins, MD, PhD, FRCP
Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Daniel Shalev, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine

Darron Smith, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA
University of Washington

Columba Thomas, MD, OP
Georgetown University Medical Center

Cara L. Wallace, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C
Saint Louis University

David H. Wang, MD, FAAHPM
Mass Advantage

Jason A. Webb, MD, DFAPA, FAAHPM, FACP
Oregon Health and Science University Palliative Care;
Knight Cancer Institute

Reverend Ramona Winfield, MDiv, BCC
University Health TMC; 
St. Stephen Baptist Church

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.