Pediatric Palliative Care Webinar Series: Decoding Decision-Making with Families

12 p.m. PST; 1 p.m. MST; 2 p.m. CST; 3 p.m. EST

There continues to be significant data highlighting the workforce shortage in pediatric palliative care (PPC), and, as the as the number of children with chronic, complex and life-limiting illness continues to increase, the training needs of physicians and healthcare teams is burgeoning in PPC. Many adult providers, family practitioners and smaller hospice teams have identified training as the leading barrier to their ability to provide end-of-life care to children. Larger systems with new or established pediatric palliative care (PPC) teams often struggle to find time for education or funding to support professional development. Providers and parents want to make the “best” decisions for a child with a serious illness. Ideally in shared decision-making, providers and families each have space to give and receive information, articulate and consider the options before them, and to discuss their thoughts and feelings honestly and respectfully. This process is not straight-forward and is filled with thinking and logic alongside emotion and hope. This webinar series addresses how providers can participate meaningfully, deconstruct what families hear and think, facilitate/share/enhance the best decision-making on behalf of the beloved, unique child sometimes in the face of parental indecision and prognostic uncertainty. Using an interactive, multidisciplinary approach, the webinars build clinical expertise, teach the art and practice of pediatric palliative care across disciplines and settings, and engages experts in PPC from across the country.

Individual Rate: $40.00

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1. Evaluate key aspects of shared decision-making among providers, parents and caregivers.
2. Determine the roles of the various members of the healthcare team in caring for pediatric patients requiring palliative care services.
3. Develop strategies to share challenging palliative care decisions with families and patients.
4. Incorporate “best practice” in pediatric palliative care.

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Thursday, January 23, 2020