Schedule
8:30-9:00am Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibits, Conference Hall C
8:50-9:00am Welcome & Introductions, Conference Hall C
9:00-9:45am Understanding and Addressing Mental Health Disparities and Stigma in Serious Illness, Conference Hall C, Dr. James Gerhart
9:45-10:30am The 5 Keys to Caregiver Survival: Clinicians are Caregivers Too, Conference Hall C, Dr. Cheryl Woodson
10:30-10:45am Break
10:45-11:45am Breakout Sessions I
a) Loss in an ICU – How Healthcare Providers Can Support Grieving Family Members, Conference Hall A
Dr. Jared Greenberg and Laura Fosler, RN, MS, FNP-BC, ACHPN
b) Identifying and Responding to Psychological Distress during Patient Encounters: Applying Patient-centered Communication Strategies, Classroom 1103
Dr. Yasmin Asvat and Dr. Esther Yoon
c) Supporting Patients with Death Anxiety: Case-Based Discussion, Conference Hall C
Judith Wood Mintz, LCSW
11:45-12:40pm Networking Lunch Served
12:40-1:40pm Breakout Sessions II
a) Provider’s Moral Distress: Recognizing it and Managing It, Classroom 1103
Andrea Vernon-Cwik, LCSW, ASW-G
b) Challenging Cases: Managing Serious Illness for Patients with Co-Existing Psychiatric Diagnoses, Conference Hall A
Josh Kaplan-Lyman, AM, LCSW and Dr. Lauren Rynar
c) Promoting Trauma Informed Care and Mental Health Among Youth: Filling the Backpacks of Clinicians and Caregivers, Conference Hall C
Dr. Sonya Mathies Dinizulu
1:40-1:50pm Break
1:50-2:50pm Healers: A Job, A Career, or A Calling? Conference Hall C, Dr. Jaime K. Lewis
2:50pm Closing Remarks, Conference Hall C
3:00pm Adjourn
4.75 CEUs will be available to nurses and social workers.