NHPCOs 2018 Interdisciplinary Conference will offer extensive and intensive intermediate and advanced educational sessions that will address these specific topic areas:
Community-Based Palliative Care
Interdisciplinary Team Leadership
Medical Care
Quality & Regulatory
Strategic Innovation
Supportive Care (psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement)
The 2018 Interdisciplinary Conference will provide a robust educational program that enables hospice and palliative care professionals to achieve these learning objectives:
Explore successes and new models of community-based palliative care programs;
Lead and enhance the practice of interdisciplinary teams;
Practice evidence-based, ethical, effective and efficient medical care;
Assess quality programs and practices and identify methods of improvement and operate in compliance with regulatory requirements;
Identify opportunities for strategic innovation;
Employ advanced approaches in psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement care;
Participate in self-care opportunities;
Strengthen networking, discussion and sharing among hospice and palliative care professionals.
Target Audience:
Professionals in the hospice and palliative care field and related stakeholders, in the following disciplines/roles: advanced nurse practitioner, bereavement, palliative care, physician, nurse, quality, regulatory and compliance, social work, spiritual care.