Sessions: 90min Sessions, Mondays, virtual

October 9, 2023                        

November 6, 2023

October 16, 2023                      

November 13, 2023

October 23, 2023

October 30, 2023

Session 1-October 9^th, 2023: Overview of Death and Dying and Advance Care Planning

• Introductions and Overview of JHF (15min)
• Current State of End-of-Life Care (20min)
  • Introduction to Advance Care Planning
  • Share experiences with serious illness conversations, how conversations work in healthcare
    • Vision of a Good Death
    • Barriers to having Difficult Conversations with Patients and Families
• Theresa Brown (20 min)
  • Share the professional and patient experience
• Fellow introductions (30min)
  • Answer question given prior to the session (Ex. Tell us your personal experience with end-of-life care)
  • Limit responses to 1-2min
• Introduce Session 2 (5min)

Homework Module 1 of POLST

Session 2- October 16^th, 2023: Having End-of-Life Conversations

• Welcome (5min)
• POLST Conversations Presentation (20min)
  • Tailor presentation specifically to POLST Conversations
    • Ex. Deck used for Consortium Ethics
  • Answer any questions regarding POLST Module 1 background information
  • Judy Black
• Getting Better at Talking to Seriously Ill Patients: What does it take? (40min)
  • Bob Arnold
• Breakout Groups (20min)
  • Group 1: POLST Conversation Practice/Continue conversations about Bob Arnold’s presentation
    • Structured content
      • Role play of full treatment
        • Describe what full treatment is
        • Best practices for patient conversations
    • Judy Black
  • Group 2: CPR Goals of Care Conversations
    • Structured content
      • Recap of CPR video
      • Facilitating CPR conversations with patients
        • What does CPR mean/What are the outcomes?
        • Practice using conversation tools provided by Bob Arnold
    • Ethan Silverman
• Debrief and Preview Next Session (5min)

Session 3- October 23^rd, 2023: Respecting the Individual at the End of Life

• Welcome and Reflections (10min)
• Cultural Considerations for End-of-Life Care (30min)
  • Jonathan Weinkle
• Panel Breakout Groups (40min)
  • Brief presentations to facilitate small group discussion
    • Palliative Care
      • Brief presentation and small group discussion
      • Dillon Stein
    • Ethics
      • Brief presentation and small group discussion
      • Ariel Clatty/Joe Bertino
      • What ethics issues do healthcare professionals typically encounter?
      • How can ethics assist in daily practice?
      • When is it appropriate to consult ethics?
    • Conversations Regarding What Matters
      • Brief presentation and small group discussion
      • Taylor McMahon
      • Memory Care Residents
      • How to implement what matters across various care settings
      • Debrief and preview the next session (10min)

Session 4- October 30^th, 2023: End-of-Life Decision Making

• Welcome (5min)
• How to support a patient requesting Physician Aid in Dying (20min)
  • Heather Mikes
• The Role of EMS in EOL Care (20min)
  • Doug Kupas
  • How can healthcare professionals support EMS?
• Oncology (20min)
  • Fredrick Price
    • Case Studies for Oncology 
• Group Debrief (20min)
  • Structured questions to facilitate discussion
• Preview next session (5 min)

Session 5- November 6^th, 2023: Challenges at the End of Life

• Welcome (5min)
• Hospice (20min)
  • Eric Horwith (?)
  • Present a more in-depth analysis
    • For-profit hospice
• Mental Health and Dementia (20min)
  • Elizabeth Schandelmeier
  • Libby Moore
    • How to support patients living with dementia or mental illness
    • How to support caregivers of patients living with dementia or mental illness
• The Role of Grief (20min)
  • Nancy Zionts
    • How to support families experiencing grief
• Large group debrief (20min)
  • Structured questions to facilitate discussion
• Preview next session (5min)

Session 6- November 13^th, 2023: Practicing End-of-Life Conversations

• Welcome (5min)
• Small-Group Conversation Practice with Case Studies (60min)
  • Libby Moore
  • Emily Jaffe
  • Oncology
  • Primary Care
  • Nurse/Doctors
• Discussion and debrief (20min)
• Thank you (5min)