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27th Annual Families
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Preconference Workshops
Wednesday, February 28
8:00am
–5:00 pm
Getting Near the End: How Family Physicians Provide Palliative and End-of-Life Care: A Forum to Improve Service and Education Through Collaboration
Christine Arenson, MD, Thomas Jefferson University; Gina Basello, DO, Alan Roth, DO, FAAFP, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica, NY; Peter Selwyn, MD, MPH, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
There is need to improve the end-of-life experience for people in our communities and in the country as a whole. Family physicians play an important role in the care of people of all ages, including those in need of palliative care services and people approaching end of life. Family medicine’s philosophy of care is well suited to the needs of people seeking these services. Family physicians approach people using a biopsycosocial model of care that sees a patient in the context of his/her life and environment. They also have a strong commitment to a patient-centered approach to service planning and delivery.
Family physicians care for substantial numbers of people in the office, hospital, nursing facilities, and at home who need palliative care and end-of-life services. While a large percentage of the hospice directors in the United States are family physicians, within organized family medicine there is no group or effort that focuses the “voice” and experience of this group. There is also, at present, no venue that promotes dialogue between the family physicians interested in these issues and the leaders of the hospice and palliative care movement.
This program has three major purposes: (1) to provide a venue for dialogue and networking between leaders of the hospice and palliative care movement and family physicians with a special interest in end-of-life and palliative care; (2) to learn from one another by sharing best practices in clinical care and education; and (3)to identify strategies that can be employed at local, regional, and national levels that will strengthen the relationship between family medicine and hospice and palliative care organizations so that the best care is offered to those we serve.
As a result of participating in this workshop, participants will be able to:
(1) Describe the best practices that can improve the end-of-life experience for those we serve;
(2) Describe curricular innovations (the “how to”) that will improve end-of-life and palliative care training of students, residents, fellows, and practicing family physicians;
(3) Compare and contrast a family medicine approach to end-of-life and palliative care with a traditional medicine approach to these issues;
(4) Describe the steps that will be taken in the coming year to strengthen the relationship between family medicine and hospice and palliative care organizations at community, regional, and national levels.
(Additional Fee: $175; includes boxed lunch and refreshments. Please be sure to check the appropriate box on the registration form.)
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