Upcoming Events/Conferences


WV Palliative Care Network Grand Rounds Audio Conference Series

September 14, 2011 - "I'm not going to pull the plug on her."
November 16, 2011 - "Fine Tuning the POST System: The Case of an Invalid, Contradictory POST Form"
January 11, 2012 - Discharging a Patient to Home Hospice on a Ventilator?
March 21, 2012 - CANCELLED
 

Palliative care is an emerging specialty that seeks to improve quality of life for patients facing serious illness and their families.  It functions in an interdisciplinary fashion to manage the burden of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual suffering with a family-centered focus across the full spectrum of patient experiences and care settings.  Palliative care consultation teams have been shown to improve outcomes for patients and families.  Following this series, participants should be able to: identify patients who are appropriate for a palliative care consultation; explain how an interdisciplinary palliative care team can help facilitate communication with seriously ill patients and their families; discuss advanced strategies for pain and symptom management; and justify the creation of palliative care teams to improve quality and reduce medical costs of end-of-life care.


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2012 Respecting Choices Advance Care Planning Facilitator Training

August 15, 2012 - Charleston Town Center Marriott
August 29, 2012 - WVU Health Sciences Center, Eastern Division, Martinsburg

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

  • assist patients and families with difficult end-of-life decisions;
  • understand approaches for helping individuals to establish medical and non-medical goals of care;
  • utilize strategies for building consensus among family members and the health care team; and
  • relate information on end-of-life care treatment options, benefits and burdens.

WVNEC Noon Audio Conference Series

December 14, 2011 - "The Medical Power of Attorney Representative Is Irate:  What's Going On?"
February 8, 2012 - "Decision-Making for Patients from Other Cultures"
April 11, 2012 - "Resolving Conflict in Brain Death and Organ Donation"

An institutional ethics committee is a multi-disciplinary committee of health care providers and lay people who assist patients, families or surrogates, health professionals, and staff to recognize and resolve conflicts in medical decision making in the institutional setting.  This series will instruct participants in the structure and function of the ethics committee, the ethics consultation process, tools to use in the conduct of ethics consultations, and WV health law.  It will provide practical examples of the ethical analysis and resolutionof cases in the hospital, nursing home, and hospice settings and prepare participants to conduct ethics consultation.

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New Ethics Committee Member Training Audio Conference Series

An institutional ethics committee is a multi-disciplinary committee of health care providers and lay people who assist patients, families or surrogates, health professionals, and staff to recognize and resolve difficult dilemmas in the institutional setting.  Obtain training for your ethics committee at their convenience and a reasonable cost.

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For more information on these programs, call Cindy toll free at 1-877-209-8086.