Hospice & Palliative Care

Speaker: Richard Harding, PhD
Herbert Dunhill Chair &
Director of the Center for Global Health Palliative Care
Professor, King’s College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing,
Midwifery and Palliative Care

Purpose: In this webinar, we will summarize why palliative care might be more necessary but less accessible for LGBTQ people. We will review the evidence from a number of studies, care and bereavement experiences, and ongoing work. Evidence-based recommendations for better LGBTQ palliative care will be presented, and we will then facilitate discussion with participants to identify challenges and solutions to use in practice.

Objectives:

1. Summarize and appraise existing evidence from research studies
2. Examine evidence-based recommendations for better LGBTQ palliative care
3. Discuss challenges and solutions in local settings

Target Audience:  Registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, pharmacists, allied health professionals, fellows, residents, and medical students

Criteria for Successful Completion:

1. Attendance at entire session
2. Submission of completed evaluation form
3. Successful completion of a posttest (80% for social workers)

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

Release Date: August 23, 2018

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

Continuing Education Accreditation:

Nurses:  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 SW CPE 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.

Disclosures:
Richard Harding, PhD, 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 other 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/