COE Wounded Healers and Loss: Supporting Staff with Grief

June 14, 2023

The activity will help the COE Healthcare team understand how to better deal with loss of those they serve, their clients. Awareness of the grief process, how the organization can help with grief will help the COE support their staff during grief.

Agenda: 
1. Welcome, introductions, training objectives
2. Wounded healers & the loss of those served

a. The scope of loss
b. Loss in professional settings
c. Wounded healers defined
d. The importance of addressing the issue of loss
e. Discussion

3. The grief process

a. Stages of grief
b. Dual process model
c. Spiraling grief
d. Discussion

4. The role of organizations

a. Grief is individualized
b. Loss in the workplace
c. Signs someone is struggling with grief
d. Debriefing after a loss
e. Acknowledging loss

5. Ethical and legal considerations

a. Loss of a program participant
b. Federal privacy regulations
c. Processing the loss
d. Learning of a loss
e. Closure and communicating condolences
f. The role of leadership
g. Discussion

6. System level support of staff

a. Trauma as a result of loss
b. Historic trauma
c. Potential barriers to helping

i. Burnout
ii. Compassion fatigue
iii. Vicarious trauma

7. Compassion satisfaction
8. Systemic considerations
9. Preparation
10. Questions
 

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

• Discuss organizational strategies to support staff during periods of grief.
• Describe strategies for COE leadership to assess and incorporate staff wellness support into regular supervision.
• List signs to watch for that staff may be struggling with grief.
• List resources that COE leadership can utilize to support staff who experience grief as a result of their role.
• Use structured outreach so they are better prepared to communicate with grieving families and loved ones.
 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
06/14/2023
Course expires: 
09/30/2023
Event starts: 
06/14/2023 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
06/14/2023 - 1:30pm EDT

The activity will help the COE Healthcare team understand how to better deal with loss of those they serve, their clients. Awareness of the grief process, how the organization can help with grief will help the COE support their staff during grief.

Agenda: 
1. Welcome, introductions, training objectives
2. Wounded healers & the loss of those served

a. The scope of loss
b. Loss in professional settings
c. Wounded healers defined
d. The importance of addressing the issue of loss
e. Discussion

3. The grief process

a. Stages of grief
b. Dual process model
c. Spiraling grief
d. Discussion

4. The role of organizations

a. Grief is individualized
b. Loss in the workplace
c. Signs someone is struggling with grief
d. Debriefing after a loss
e. Acknowledging loss

5. Ethical and legal considerations

a. Loss of a program participant
b. Federal privacy regulations
c. Processing the loss
d. Learning of a loss
e. Closure and communicating condolences
f. The role of leadership
g. Discussion

6. System level support of staff

a. Trauma as a result of loss
b. Historic trauma
c. Potential barriers to helping

i. Burnout
ii. Compassion fatigue
iii. Vicarious trauma

7. Compassion satisfaction
8. Systemic considerations
9. Preparation
10. Questions

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

William Stauffer

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh 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.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
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