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Forward2024 Clinical Bereavement Education
This education is intended to close the gap of understanding of the process of grieving and provide clinical staff with the tools to support patients and families.
This activity will support the development of cooperative interdisciplinary efforts to attend to the needs of their patient populations. The newly provided information across disciplines will facilitate cohesive team-to-patient and family support.
Target Audience
Social Worker
Spiritual Counselors
Learning Objectives
Define grief and identify types and variations of grief.
Discuss and differentiate between Prolonged Grief Disorder DSM v ICD; compare Grief/Depression/Adjustment Disorder/PTSD
Review bereavement models.
Identify strategies, techniques and resources for supporting bereaved clients, colleagues and learner.
Additional Information
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 Community Clinical Grief Presentation - draft.pptx | 2.37 MB |
This education is intended to close the gap of understanding of the process of grieving and provide clinical staff with the tools to support patients and families.
This activity will support the development of cooperative interdisciplinary efforts to attend to the needs of their patient populations. The newly provided information across disciplines will facilitate cohesive team-to-patient and family support.
Elizabeth Schandelmeier, LCSW, APHSW-C
In support of improving patient care, 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 2.0 continuing education credits.
Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Education activity is 2.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals: 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
- 2.00 ASWB
- 2.00 Attendance