Thirteenth Annual Collective Soul Symposium

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LIVE

Friday, March 1, 2024, 7:30 AM - Saturday, March 2, 2024, 5:30 PM, Virtual


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (10.75 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME (10.75 hours), ANCC - Nursing Contact Hour(s) (10.75 hours), Medical Ethics/Professional Responsibility (10.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (10.75 hours), SW - Social Work (10.75 hours)

The purpose of this 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’s role. Embracing the human spirit of patients with advanced illness, multiple physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and religious issues. Attendees of this conference will learn the principles of Palliative Care and Hospice, as well as recent physical, emotional, and spiritual symptom management. Participants will also gain skills in effective communication with patients and families at end-of-life care.

1. Describe the important role that interdisciplinary teams play when caring for patients with advanced illnesses in a multiculture environment in the Palliative Care and Hospice setting.
2. Apply the principles of management of different distressing Physical symptoms of patients with advanced illnesses.
3. Describe managing distressing emotional and spiritual symptoms in patients with advanced illnesses and their families.

Dr. Eduardo Bruera, Chair of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine and Co-Activity Director, and Dr. Marvin Omar Delgado Guay, Activity Director and Associate Professor in Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, invite you and your colleagues to join us for this outstanding educational opportunity.

We are happy to announce that the Twelfth Annual Collective Soul Symposium – Serving those in suffer, Spiritual Care in Our Daily Practice, will take place March 1 - 2, 2024 as a virtual/live internet activity. 

Spirituality and religiosity are recognized as factors that contribute to the 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. The purpose of this two-day virtual 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.

The webcast/live stream of the two-day Collective Soul Symposium will begin on Friday, March 1, 2024, with Opening Remarks at 8:00 am and will adjourn for the day at 5:00 pm. The symposium will reconvene on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at 8:00 am and adjourn at 12:30 pm. Advanced registration is encouraged. This option includes a live stream of the Course as it is taking place (start to finish), plus you will have online access to the PowerPoint Slides, and Video Recordings of presentations.  Nursing Contact Hours and Social Work CEUs will be awarded for the live stream symposium. 

Registration details: Click here to register

 

Credit Designation:

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center complies with all requirements of the identified accrediting body  (ACCME, ANCC, ACPE). Disclosure of speakers, faculty members, planning committee members and their commercial relationships will be shared with learners prior to the educational activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.