Matters of Life and Death: End of Life Care - Live Webinar on December 30, 2024 10AM ET
Learn to distinguish palliative, end-of-life, and hospice care, while mastering goals of care, patient-family management, and key pharmacotherapy strategies for compassionate end-of-life care delivery.
About this webinar
Healthcare professionals are often faced with the complex and sensitive nature of end-of-life care, an area that is frequently underrepresented in PharmD and residency training. Understanding the distinctions between palliative care, end-of-life care, and hospice care is crucial for providing compassionate and effective care across various healthcare settings, from outpatient to acute care. This course is designed to fill that gap, offering healthcare providers a comprehensive introduction to the goals of care, best practices for managing both the patient and their family's experience, and essential pharmacotherapeutic strategies. By equipping professionals with these vital skills, the course enhances their ability to deliver quality care during one of the most critical phases of a patient's life.
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
Describe the differences among palliative care, end-of-life care, and hospice care
Discuss best practices for the management of patients at the end of life
Review medication-related strategies for the treatment of common symptoms at the end of life
Instructors
Andrea Sikora Newsome, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. She received her PharmD from the University of Georgia before completing her PGY-1 and PGY-2 in Critical Care at the University of North Carolina Medical Center. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Science in Clinical Research from Emory University and is also a KL2 Scholar through the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance Program.