14th Annual The Collective Soul Symposium

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LIVE

Friday, March 7, 2025, 7:30 AM - Saturday, March 8, 2025, 5:30 PM, Virtual


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (12.50 hours), ANCC - Nursing Contact Hour(s) (12.50 hours), Medical Ethics/Professional Responsibility (12.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (12.50 hours), SW - Social Work (12.50 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 role, embracing the human spirit of patients with advanced illness, multiple physical, psychosocial, 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. Effective communication with patients and families at the end of life. The integration of spiritual care into the Palliative Care practice.

1. 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.
2. Apply the principles of management of different distressing physical symptoms of patients with advanced illnesses.
3. Articulate the principles of management of 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 Fourteenth Annual Collective Soul Symposium – Embracing unity in caring and relieving suffering, will take place March 7-8, 2025 as a virtual/live internet activity. 

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 role; embracing the human spirit of patients with advanced illness, multiple physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and religious issues. Attendees at this conference will learn the principles of Palliative Care and Hospice, state-of-the-art physical, emotional, and spiritual symptom management, effective communication with patients and families at the end of life, and the integration of spiritual care into the Palliative Care practice.

The webcast/live stream of the two-day Collective Soul Symposium will begin on Friday, March 7, 2025, with Opening Remarks at 8:00 a.m. and will adjourn for the day at 6:00 p.m. The symposium will reconvene on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 1:30 p.m.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 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 12.50 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.