12th Annual Collective Soul Symposium

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LIVE

Friday, March 31, 2023, 7:30 AM - Saturday, April 1, 2023, 5:30 PM, Virtual, Houston, TX


Nursing Contact Hour(s) (11.00 hours), Social Work (10.50 hours)

The purpose of this educational event is to provide community-based hospital, chaplains, ministers, registered nurses and other 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. This educational event will also include information regarding effective communication with patients and families at the end of life and 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. Describe the principles of management of different distressing physical symptoms of patients with advanced illnesses; and
3. Describe the principles of management with 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 31-April 1. 2023 as a virtual/live internet activity. 

To register, please visit https://www.spiritualityandhealth.org/events/collectivesoul2023. 

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 31, 2023, with Opening Remarks at 8:00 am and will adjourn for the day at 5:00 pm. The symposium will reconvene on Saturday, April 1, 2023, 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. 

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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.