Eleventh Annual Collective Soul Symposium

Our Calling to Serve Those in Suffering. Integrating Spiritual Care in Our Daily Practice

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INTRODUCTION

Spirituality and religiosity are recognized as factors that contribute to quality of life and coping strategies in many persons facing life-threatening illnesses. These life-threatening events can also give rise to spiritual distress. When combined with chronic or acute pain and other physical and psychological symptoms, spiritual distress can be a component of a patient’s total suffering, which the Palliative Care Team (The Collective Soul) seeks to alleviate, enhancing the Human spirit and creating a healing environment in the middle of the distressful situation. The purpose of this course is to provide a better understanding of the Palliative Care Team’s role in enhancing the Human spirit and relieving patient’s bio-psychosocial and spiritual suffering.

EVENT FOCUS

The purpose of this virtual educational event is to provide community-based, hospital, chaplains, ministers and other interested healthcare professionals with skills for a better understanding of the Palliative Care Team role; embracing the Human spirit of patients with advanced illness, multiple physical, psychoso-cial, spiritual, and religious issues. Attendees at this conference will learn the principles of Palliative Care and Hospice, the state-of-the art of physical, emotional, and spiritual symptom management, as well as, effective communication with patients and families at the end of life integrating Spiritual Care into the Palliative Care practice.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

• Describe the importance and the role of the interdisciplinary team in the palliative care and hospice setting in the care of patients with advanced illnesses and their family in a multicultural environment;

• Apply the principles of management of different distressing physical symptoms of patients with advanced illnesses;

• Utilize the principles of management of distressing emotional and spiritual symptoms in patients with advanced illnesses and their families.

  TARGET AUDIENCE

  This activity is aimed at physicians, chaplains, ministers, clergy, spiritual care counselors, nurses, social workers and other healthcare professionals delivering spiritual care in the community and healthcare facilities.

  EDUCATIONAL METHODS

  • Didactic/Lecture
  • Panel Discussions
  • Question and Answer Sessions • Case Presentations

  EVALUATION

  An online course evaluation tool will provide participants with the opportunity to comment on the value of the program content to their practice decisions, performance improvement activities, or possible impact on patient health status. Participants will also have the opportunity to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations as well as to identify future educational topics.

  ACCREDITATION/CREDIT DESIGNATION - PHYSICIANS

  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live internet course for a maximum of 13.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  ETHICS

  The sessions marked with “*” have been designated by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

The 2022 Steve Thorney Lecture in Spiritual Care Recipient:

SUNITA PURI, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Medical Director for Palliative Care Lead Ethics Consultant Keck Medical Center, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California

ACCREDITATION/CREDIT DESIGNATION - NURSING

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is accredited with distinction as a provider of
Nursing Continuing Professional Development by The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this course will award 13.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) credits.

CREDIT DESIGNATION - SOCIAL WORK

Social Work Credit will be awarded totalling 9.50 CEUs.

CE CERTIFICATES/ATTENDANCE VERIFICATION

Certificates awarding AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM or certificates documenting attendance will be emailed when an individual completes the online CME Verification process.

Upon request, a record of attendance (certificate) will be provided via email to other health care profession- als for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies, or other professional associations.