15th Annual the Collective Soul Symposium

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LIVE

Friday, April 10, 2026, 7:30 AM - Saturday, April 11, 2026, 5:00 PM, MD Anderson - Virtual


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (13.75 hours), ANCC - Nursing Contact Hour(s) (13.75 hours), Medical Ethics/Professional Responsibility (13.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (13.75 hours), SW - Social Work (13.75 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 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. Explain the importance and role of the interdisciplinary team in palliative care and hospice settings, focusing on the care of patients with advanced illnesses and their families in a multicultural context.
2. Describe the principles for managing various distressing physical symptoms in patients with advanced illnesses.
3. Analyze principles for 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 Fifteenth Annual Collective Soul Symposium – Embracing unity in caring and relieving suffering, will take place April 10-11, 2026, 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 Palliative Care practice.

The webcast/live stream of the two-day Collective Soul Symposium will begin on Friday, April 10, 2026, 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, April 11, 2026, 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

Please contact Tameka Sneed for any registration issues or cancellation request @Sneed,Tameka D

In support of improving patient care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.75 credit(s) of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity will award 13.75 Nursing Contact Hour(s).

The University of Texas MD Anderson (CEU Provider #4607) is an approved continuing education provider for Social Workers through the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners. This activity has been approved for 1.00 continuing education units.

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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.

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. All individuals in a position to control the educational content of a certified continuing education (CE) activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. There is no minimum financial threshold. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used on or by patients. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the start of the activity.