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Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice

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Part 1: Teaching and Learning in Palliative Care

Pre-Course Evening Tuesday, April 17, 2007

5:00-6:30 Registration and Reception
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30-8:00 Welcome and Introduction to the Course
8:00-9:00 Personal Narratives: Pathways to Palliative Care (small groups)

Day 1 Wednesday, April 18, 2007

8:10-8:15 Introduction to Opening Exercise
8:15-9:00 What is a Good Death (large group)
9:00-10:15 Communication Challenges (demonstration)
10:15-10:30 Teaching Reflection
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 "I Hate Role Play" and Breaking Bad News (small groups)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Understanding Life-Threatening Illness (patient interview in large group)
2:30-2:40 Teaching Reflection
2:40-3:40 Developing a Psychosocial/Spiritual Assessment (large group)
3:40-3:50 Teaching Reflection
3:50-4:20 Break
4:20-5:50 Understanding Life-Threatening Illness (patient interviews in small groups)

Day 2 Thursday, April 19, 2007

8:00-8:15 Opening Exercise
8:15-9:15 Medical Education and End-of-Life Care (large group)
9:15-9:45 Break
9:45-11:45 Palliative Care Across the Life Cycle
11:45-1:00 "How Long Do I Have to Live?" Why Prognositication Questions Trouble Doctors.
1:00-2:00 Box Lunch
2:00-6:00 Teaching Observation (Living with Life-Threatening Illness course, Palliative Care Resource Nurse faculty development session, or Pediatric Advanced Care Team conference)
6:00-6:30 Debriefing with Faculty

Day 3 Friday, April 20, 2007

8:00-8:15 Opening Exercise
8:15-9:45 Organizational Change & Educational Planning (large group)
9:45-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Organizational Change & Educational Planning (large group)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:15 Teaching Observation
1:15-3:00 Discussing DNR Orders (small groups)
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30 End-of-Life Care Language
4:30-5:30 Best Learning Experiences (large group)

Day 4 Saturday, April 21, 2007

8:00-8:15 Opening Exercise
8:15-9:15 Barriers to Treating Pain (large group)
9:15-9:45 Break
9:45-11:30 Introduction to Pain Management: Case Studies (large and small groups)
11:30-1:30 Project Review and Lunch (small groups)
1:30 Free Afternoon

Day 5 Sunday, April 22, 2007

8:00-8:15 Opening Exercise
8:15-9:45 Learning Styles and Teaching Methods (large group)
9:45-10:15 Break
10:15-12:15 Deepening the Interview (small groups)
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-3:15 Negotiating Treatment Goals (small groups)
3:15-3:45 Break
3:45-5:30 Project Review (project groups)

Day 6 Monday, April 23, 2007

8:00:815 Opening Exercise
8:15-10:00 Developing a Palliative Care Program (large group)
10:00-1015 Break
10:15-12:00 Developing a Palliative Care Program (large group)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Helping Parents Help Children When a Parent is Dying (large group)
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 Taking a Spiritual History (large group)
4:00-5:30 Good Teams Don't Just Happen (large group)
6:15 Bus to Reception

Day 7 Tuesday, April 24, 2007

8:00-8:15 Opening Exercise
8:15-8:45 Why We Did What We Did (in the course design)
8:45-10:15 What is Culture? (large group)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Grief and Bereavement (large group)
12:00-12:45 Grief and Loss: Experiential Exercise (large group)
1 2:45-2:00 Box Lunch and Goodbye (small groups)

Part 2: Building a Future in Palliative Care

Day 1: Wednesday, November 7, 2007

7:30-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Opening
8:15-8:45 Large Group Welcome Back. Introduction to Part 2, Reflection on Teaching
8:45-10:15 Communication
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Most Emotionally Powerful Death
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-3:15 Personal Spiritual History
3:45-5:15 Project Implementation Review - Session I


Day 2: Thursday, November 8, 2007

7:15-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Opening
8:15-9:15 Dyspnea
9:15-10:15 Developing a Palliative Care Program - I
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Developing a Palliative Care Program - II
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-5:00 Intensive Communication Teaching
Home Visit, Inpatient Visit, Classroom Exercises

Day 3: Friday, November 9, 2007

7:15-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Opening
8:15-10:15 Personal Experiences with Patients Request for Hastened Death
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Physicians' and Nurses' Emotional Reactions to Their Patients' Deaths
11:45-12:30 Reflection on Teaching 1
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Spiritual Needs at the End-of-Life
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-5:30 Cultural Issues in Palliative Care

Day 4: Saturday, November 10, 2007

7:15-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Opening
8:15-10:00 Project Implementation Review - Session II
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-1:30 Objective Structured Teaching Exercise (OSTE)
Negative Feedback
Formal Presentation
One-minute Preceptor
Conflict Negotiation
1:30 Free Afternoon

Day 5: Sunday, November 11, 2007

7:15-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Opening
8:15-9:15 Communication Faux Pas: A Pilot Session
9:15-10:30 End of Life Communication in the ICU
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Delirium
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Depression and Palliative Care
2:30-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 "Don't Give Up On Me"
4:30-5:00 Reflection on Teaching 2

Day 6: Monday, November 12, 2007

7:15-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Opening
8:15-10:00 Quality Improvement Workshop 1
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Quality Improvement Workshop 2
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Hospice Care for Patients with Progressive Dementia
2:00-2:15 Break
2:15-5:15 Ethical Issues in Palliative Care
6:00 Bus departs from the Royal Sonesta
7:00 Closing Dinner


Day 7: Tuesday, November 13, 2007

7:15-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Opening
8:15-9:45 How to Fund Your Palliative Care Program
9:45-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Saying Good-bye
12:00-1:00 Who's Caring for Me?
1:00 Box Lunches

If you would like to contact us, please send an e-mail to pallcare@partners.org or call Venus Watson, Program Manager, at 617-582-7859.

HMS Center for Palliative Care
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, SW 411
44 Binney Street
Boston, MA 02115