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NHPCO's 11th Clinical Team Conference, Pediatric Intensive:
Performing in the Key of E: Excellence in Interdisciplinary Care

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You are invited to “perform in the key of E: excellence in end-of-life care” at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s 11^th Clinical Team Conference and related educational events. Providing care for those with life-limiting illnesses and their families vitally important and incredibly challenging.  The unique content and experience provided in the plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, networking opportunities and other conference activities will allow you to meet peers from across the nation and share ideas in an interactive and dynamic environment.  You will take back practical knowledge and tools that will enable you to provide the best care possible to those you serve.

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Conference Objectives

The Clinical Team Conference (CTC), Pediatric Intensive (PI) will offer extensive and intensive basic (for the novice), intermediate (for the competent) and advanced (for the expert) educational sessions that will address a wide variety of topics, providing the opportunity for attendees to:

• Identify best practices in advanced pain and symptom management;
• Determine best practices in medical, psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement care at the end of life;
• Identify innovative programs, practices and approaches to end-of-life care;
• Advance competencies related to physical, psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement aspects of clinical care at the end of life;
• Define best practices in interdisciplinary care and team function;
• Assess the quality of their programs, practices and care;
• Improve access, care and outcomes of hospice and palliative care provided in diverse settings and to diverse populations;
• Discuss regulatory requirements and approaches to ensure compliance;
• Review current research and the application of outcomes to practice and care delivery;
• Discuss innovative models of providing facility-based hospice care;
• Promote quality hospice and palliative care for children and their families; and
• Strengthen networking among hospice professionals.

Who should attend?

Everyone who works in hospice and palliative care settings and supports or provides care for those with life-limiting illnesses and their families. NHPCO’s 11^th Clinical Team Conference will gather administrators, bereavement professionals, counselors, educators, managers, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, researchers, social workers, spiritual caregivers, team leaders, volunteers, volunteer coordinators and others providing quality care to patients and their families.

Educational Breakdown

The 2010 Clinical Team Conference will provide an array of offerings through numerous venues to help individuals and organizations “perform in the key of E(xcellence),” including:

• Scientific Symposium
• Pediatric Intensive
• Hospice Manager Development Program Foundational Course and Level II modules
• Preconference Seminars
• Memorial Service
• Reflection Room and self-care learning opportunities
• Discipline-specific and topic-based discussion and networking opportunities

Learn more and register today!