Hospice & Palliative Care

Speakers:
Charla Burton, LCAT, MMT, MT-BC
Clinical Training Program Coordinator
Creative Arts Therapy Department
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care

Meredith Ferrel, LCAT, MA, MT-BC
Department Team Leader
Creative Arts Therapy Department
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care

Purpose: The purpose of this webinar is to communicate the significance of patient-preferred music when addressing goals through music.

Objectives:  

1. Review research on music and the brain
2. Explain how familiar songs enhance the connection between music and the brain
3. Describe music therapy interventions that use familiar songs to address patient goals, with simpler interventions that could be used by other clinicians and caregivers

Target Audience: Registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, allied health professionals, creative arts therapists

Criteria for Successful Completion:

1. Attendance at entire session
2. Submission of completed evaluation form
3. 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:
Individual: Free (includes CE certificate)

Release Date: February 11, 2021

Expiration Date: February 1, 2025 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)

Disclosures:
Charla Burton, LCAT, MMT, MT-BC, and Meredith Ferrel, LCAT, MA, MT-BC, have 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.

Russell K. Portenoy, MD, has indicated a relationship with Tabula Rasa for research support.

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/