bereavement policy and program at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. A case scenario will help demonstrate the components of a proactive, comprehensive bereavement plan. The addition of bereaved parents to this session will give the parents a chance to describe their own grief journey and the goals of the program from their perspective. The innovative nature of this program, with multiple components of the parent-driven comprehensive bereavement program, can serve as a paradigm for the development of other programs and for the field of hospice and palliative medicine as a whole.
one'' strategy. It requires many hours of practice. Geritalk fosters, in fellows, an importance on deliberate practice-practice which includes setting personal goals, observed communication encounters, reflection on one's own work, and feedback by a skilled coach. Participants will have an opportunity to see how the model of deliberate practice is applied to communication skills teaching in palliative care through a demonstration of a Geritalk skills practice session and then reflect on how they might apply this method of teaching in their home environment.
as a result of participating in this decision-making experience. Hospice staff, while supportive, have identified challenges with the time shared decision-making requires. This session will demonstrate how to actively involve family in the hospice interdisciplinary group meeting and share the benefits and challenges from several perspectives. We will demonstrate with webconferencing technology the steps involved in bringing a family into a group setting. Actual videorecorded encounters will demonstrate the technical ease and operational challenges with the patient and family membership in the interdisciplinary group. Hospice caregivers, medical directors, and nurses will share their experiences with this process. We will outline lessons learned from the experience and share a cost-effectiveness analysis. Finally, we will facilitate discussion with participants on ways to overcome obstacles and facilitate the shared decision-making with families and patients within the hospice interdisciplinary group structure.
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