Palliative Care
Purpose: increase the capacity of primary care clinicians and community care teams to provide primary palliative care services.
Audience: Primary care clinicians and community care teams including MD, DO, NP, PA-C, RN, CHW, PHN, LCSW, MSW, and MDiv (or other chaplains)
Topics: National Consensus Project guidelines for Quality Palliative Care; Ethical and legal aspects of care/ end of life choices; Compassionate Community Model: engaging with community-based supports; Care Conversations: advance care planning and delivering difficult news; Symptom management for serious illness
Schedule: 12 sessions. Thursdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., PT, April 3-June 19, 2025
Faculty
Erin Collins, MN, RN, CHPN, Program Director, Peaceful Presence
Linda DeSitter, MD, MPH, Palliative Care Physician, semi-retired
Kelly Ambrose, BSN, Director, Advanced Illness Care, Housecall Providers
Arika Patneaude, MHP, EMMHS, LICSW, APHSW-C, Director, Bioethics, Palliative Care and Journey Programs, Seattle Children's Hospital
