HOT TOPIC: Hospice and Palliative Care Conference Trinity Health

Mark your calendars for the 14th Annual Palliative Care Symposium on Friday September 27, 2024. This is open to both in person and virtual attendees of all disciplines. We have approval for 7.0 CEs (4.0 are in Ethics and 2.0 are in pain and symptom management) by the Interprofessional Continuing Education program with credits approved for physician, nurses, physician assistants, psychologists, dieticians, pharmacists, social workers. Please see attached agenda for speakers.

Registration at this link or with the attached QR code: https://trinityhealthmichigan.org/palliative-care-symposium

 

 

 

14th Annual Palliative Care Symposium: Friday September 27, 2024

Preliminary Agenda

Calvin College, Prince Conference Center

Event ID

 

7:15-7:55 am                       Breakfast and registration

 

7:55-8:00 am                       Welcome

                                                Joel Phillips, DO, FAAHPM

 

8:00-9:15 am                       Keynote address

Dying at the Margins: Struggle, Resilience and Spirit-filled Care of the Vulnerable

                                                David Wendell Moller, PhD

 

Dr. Moller’s books include Dying at the Margins: Reflections on Justice and Healing for Inner City Poor and Dancing with Broken Bones: Poverty, Race, and Spirit-filled Dying in the Inner City, available at Oxford University Press and online sources

 

9:15-10:30 am                    Management of the Hospitalized Patient with Chronic Pain

                                                Kayla Andres, MD

                                                Naomi Kaplan, MBBS

                                                Andrea Westman, MD

 

10:30-10:45 am                  Break/Vendor exhibition

 

10:45-12:15 pm                  ACP – Lived Experience

Lavelle McDaniel, Patient

Destiny McDaniel, Spouse

Bethany Skillen, MPA, BSN, RN

 

ACP – A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Project

                                                Kelly O’Sullivan, MD

                                                Lara Dengerink-Van Til, DNP, APRN

 

12:15-1:00 pm                    *Lunch and vendor exhibition (or alternative activity, see below)

*20 minute mindfulness-based, guided nature walks on Calvin Nature Preserve by Dr. Jammie Skillen, PhD. starting at 12:30, 1:00, 1:30 pm

 

1:00-1:45 pm                       *Pet therapy

Grace Peterson & Leoni Baie, Peterson Legacy Stables

Peanut the Pony, Peterson Legacy Stables

                                   

1:45-2:00 pm                       *Break/vendor exhibition

 

2:00-3:15 pm                       Palliative Care in Psychiatry with Panel Discussion

                                                Carey Krause, DO, FAPA

                                                Madison Bailey, LLMSW

                                                Tracey Taylor-Kunst, MDiv, BCC-APC

                                                Isidro Gallegos, MBA, MAPS

                                                Rebecca Peterson, DNP

                                                Hospitalist TBD

 

3:15-4:15 pm                       An End of Life WHAT? The Work and Value of Death Doulas

Laura Hoekstra, MA, Certified End-of-Life Doula, Grace in the Leaving End-of-Life Doula Services, LLC

 

4:15-4:30 pm                       Door prizes (for in person attendees), closing remarks & adjourn

 

Registration costs

Attending physicians: $200

APP/resident/fellow: $125

RN/social work/chaplain/MA: $75

Students: $75

Virtual attendees of all disciplines: $75

 

In support of improving patient care, Trinity Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (APCE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (APCE), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 7.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. Of these, 4.0 credits in ethics and 2.0 credits in pain and symptom management.

 

Any questions, please contact Sarah Perks at sarah.perks@trinity-health.org or phone: (616) 685-3338