March Interdisciplinary Topic
Appreciative Inquiry for the Interdisciplinary Team
March 14, 2013
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

CE/CME Offered: physician, nurse and social worker
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Webinar Description

Nearly every significant accomplishment of hospice and palliative care is a result of cooperation, positive energy and learning from a real team effort.  It is through teams and teamwork that you advance your care and services.  However without careful attention, teams can drift into a pattern of wasteful meetings, conflicts, hidden agendas, poor listening and mutual distrust.  This Webinar will introduce a positive, collaborative and innovative process called “Appreciative Inquiry” (AI).  AI offers a way for teams to engage in conversations so that members are more likely to eagerly come together and interact resulting in high performance teamwork.  Using the AI model, specific strategies and resources will be provided to help you build a dynamic interdisciplinary team that reflects enhanced communication, clarity of roles and responsibilities, energy and spirit, productivity and relationships.

Faculty

Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN
Gwynn is the Director of Access for NHPCO where she is responsible for developing outreach programs and resources that are disseminated to hospice providers across the country. Specifically, she spearheads the Centers for Children’s Care and Veterans’ Care under NHPCO’s Mary J. Labyak Institute for Innovation.  Gwynn also manages NHPCO’s contract with the Department of VA’s Hospice and Palliative Care Program. 

Gwynn has completed the Appreciative Inquiry Certificate Program, and Appreciative Leadership Development Trainer Certification from the Corporation for Positive Change. In addition, Gwynn formerly held an adjunct appointment at the Duke University School of Nursing; was a faculty member for the Being with Dying: Professional Training Program in Contemplative End-of-Life Care at the Upaya Institute; served as a consultant for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Rallying Points initiative; and as a program director for The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care. 

Diana Whitney, PhD
Diana is the founder and President of Corporation for Positive Change, an international consultancy dedicated to the creation of collaborative advantage in business, healthcare, social profit organizations and religious and interfaith communities. She is an author or editor of sixteen books on Appreciative Inquiry including best selling The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change; award winning Appreciative Leadership; Appreciative Inquiry in Health Care and Appreciative Team Building: Positive Questions to Bring Out the Best of Your Team. She is a fellow of the World Business Academy and a founder of the Taos Institute. 

Webinar Objectives

At the completion of this Webinar, participants will be able to:

• Explain the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) model and process;
• Identify strategies to maximize your interdisciplinary team and teamwork using the AI model;
• Apply AI resources and tools to enhance team building and development. 

Nurse: NHPCO is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

NHPCO designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 contact hours.  Nurses should claim only the contact hours commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Accredited status by ANCC refers only to continuing nursing education and does not imply endorsement of any commercial product discussed in conjunction with this activity. 
 

Physician: The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

NHPCO designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 

Social Worker: NHPCO is an approved provider of continuing education contact hours by the National Association of Social Workers (provider #886414158). This education activity is approved for 1.5 hours determined by the content, and social workers are awarded continuing education hours commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Counselor: NHPCO is recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc. for continuing education for national Certified Counselors. NHPCO adheres to NBCC continuing Education Guidelines. This education activity is approved for 1.5 hours determined by the content, and counselors are awarded continuing education credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.