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“Pain Management at the End of
Life:
Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Practice”
Available On Both GETN/Warrior and C/KU Satellites
a. Sponsors: This program, for Military and Federal GETN sites, is sponsored by Hospice Foundation of America and US Army Satellite Education Network at Ft. Lee, VA.
b. Program Overview: In collaboration with The Hastings Center, HFA will assemble a panel of noted ethicists, educators, gerontologists, and hospice experts who will examine timely and important issues regarding the social perspectives of pain management and how various health care settings may influence ethical decisions in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices.
c. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this teleconference, participants should be able to:
d. Panelists for the 2006 program will include:
Yvette Colon, MSW, ACSW, BCD; American Pain
Foundation.
Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv; Professor of
Gerontology at the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle. He is also
Senior Consultant to Hospice Foundation of America. Dr. Doka has written or
edited 16 books and published 60 articles and book chapters. He is editor of
Omega, a professional journal, and Journeys, HFA’s monthly
bereavement newsletter. Dr. Doka was elected President of the Association for
Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) in 1993. He was elected to the Board of
the International Work Group on Dying, Death and Bereavement in 1995, and served
as chair from 1997 to 1999. In 1998, ADEC recognized him for outstanding
contributions in the field of death education. Dr. Doka is an ordained Lutheran
minister.
W. A. Drew Edmondson; Attorney General of
Oklahoma.
Kathleen M. Foley, MD; Memorial Sloan-Ketter
Cancer Center.
Kelli Gershon, RN; University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center.
Jack Gordon; Chairman and CEO, Hospice
Foundation of America, was elected to the Florida State Senate in 1972 and
served until his retirement in 1992. While in the senate, he focused
extensively on a broad range of health and education issues. He sponsored the
first state hospice legislation, and it later became the model for the Medicare
Hospice Benefit. In 1997, he was invited to join the International Work Group
on Death, Dying and Bereavement. Senator Gordon has served on the finance and
provider education task forces of the Last Acts Campaign, and he is currently a
member of the Carter Center’s mental health task force. He also serves on the
Board of the Alliance for Aging Research.
William M. Lamers Jr., MD; is trained in both psychiatry and child psychiatry who founded one of the first hospice programs in the United States, Hospice of Marin, over 30 years ago. He has been on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada. He has lectured and served as a hospice consultant in almost every state and many foreign countries. He is a member and former president of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG), and has served on the bioethics Committees of the Foothills Provincial Hospital (Calgary) and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has authored and co-authored numerous professional papers on hospice and related subjects. He is an experienced medical-legal expert witness in matters related to dying, death, pain management, emotional distress and murder. He is the medical consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America.
Brad Stuart, MD; Sutter VNA and Hospice.
Douglas J. Weschules, PharmD, BCPS; ExcelleRx, Inc.
e. Moderated by:
Frank Sesno; Professor of Public Policy and Communication at George Mason University and Special Correspondent with CNN.
f. CEUs, CMEs. Certificates: The teleconference also offers the opportunity for your organization to provide a high-quality training program to professionals. Three hours of Continuing Education Unit credits are available for a wide range of professions, including nurses, social workers, physicians, psychologists, licensed counselors, nursing home administrators, clergy, EMS personnel, EAP professionals, and funeral directors. Please note: each participant who applies for CEU credits must pay a $25 processing fee to HFA on the day of the live broadcast, this is submitted with their CEU evaluation. Hosting organizations are encouraged to hold a local on-site session following the teleconference broadcast. (An on-site session of at least ½-hour in length is required for sites offering CEUs.) The local on-site segment increases personal involvement among the participants, strengthens interaction with the hosting organization, and highlights issues specific to each community.
g. Support Materials: There is a (optional for GETN sites) materials fee for each downlink site to help cover the cost of support materials, which are sent to the registered Site Coordinator (if you want them.) The fee is $20 before 15 January or $35 if requested after January 15. The materials fee can be paid by check or credit card (Visa/MC/Amex) and must accompany the registration form. See: https://www.hospicefoundation.org/teleconference/registration.asp. HFA does not charge an individual participant fee.
GETN site coordinators should register here ONLY if you want to pay the$20 or $35 for the site materials.
h. Are additional copies of the companion book of articles available?
Yes, registered Site Coordinators may purchase additional copies of the
companion book at greatly reduced prices. The companion book explores the
teleconference themes and objectives in more depth and serves as an outstanding
resource for those concerned with end of life issues.
See:
https://www.hospicefoundation.org/teleconference/faq.asp#costs.
i. Videotape Availability: Videotapes maybe available at a later date at a cost to be determined.
j. Videotape release (if taping from broadcast): This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on this program for military and federal users, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing. It may not be used for commercial purposes without additional permission of the sponsors.
k. Registration: All new and returning GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and Site Materials Website. Sites may register at: GETN/HFA Registration Form or by calling Ed Kronholm’s Office, the GETN Satellite Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.
l. Future Programs: For future information on free GETN interagency satellite broadcasts (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) please visit this web site: (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) Interagency Calendar.
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