Online Graduate Certificate Program in Spirituality and Health

For more information about this program contact Dr. Christina Puchalski

Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice - Harvard Medical School

	An Intensive two-session (Spring - Fall) Course for Medical and Nursing Educators
	The HMS Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice offers intensive learning experiences for physician- and nurse-educators who wish to become expert in the clinical practice and teaching of comprehensive, interdisciplinary palliative care, as well as to gain expertise in leading and managing improvements in palliative care education and practice at their own institutions.

Post Masters Certificate Program in Palliative and End of Life Care

	New York University School of Social Work is accepting applications for its Post Masters Certificate Program in Palliative and End of Life Care. The program begins in September 2006.
	Check here for more information and application form

Online Continuing Education for Registered Nurses - Symptom Management at End-of-Life

CEU Course for Nurses Reaccredited

Alaya Institute 2006 End-of-life Counselor Training

The application deadline for the 2006 End-of-life Counselor Program is October 15, 2005. For details visit the web site at www.alayainstitute.org and download the application forms, or call 415-331-9600. Inspired by the Buddhist tradition, the Alaya Institute encourages the integration of living, dying and transformation through professional training, educational programs and materials. The one-year EOL Counselor course is designed to provide essential clinical competencies, strengthen individual capacity for compassionate service, and enhance spiritual development. Graduates join a national network of dedicated peers encouraging creative solutions as educators, advocates, and guides to the dying. This comprehensive program includes almost 350 hours of instruction utilizing several learning modalities.

Social Work Fellowship

A postgraduate Social Work Fellowship in palliative and end of life care is available through the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care (DPMPC) at Beth Israel Medical Center. The fellowship program provides a supervised experience in the multidimensional assessment and care of patients, in multiple practice sites. The program will be offered on a full time basis for one year. Completed applications are due 9/12/05. and can be found on our website - Contact: Terry Altilio ACSW Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 844-1467 E-mail

CancerNursing.org

	CancerNursing.org provides free, professional online cancer care courses that aim to enhance the knowledge and skills of health professionals and anyone concerned with the care of cancer patients.
	Our newest course is on Palliative Care Nursing.

New Online Continuing Education Series on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Contemplative End-of-Life Care - A Certificate Program for Healthcare Professionals

A comprehensive training in end-of-life care that brings together the ancient wisdom of the Buddhist tradition as presented in Sogyal Rinpoche's The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying with the knowledge, skills and best practices of hospice and palliative care.

The training starts September 2005 and will end May 2006. It includes 3 residential sessions, for a total of 16 days, and weekly on-line lectures between the residential portions. For information and registration: Fleet Maull, Director, Contemplative End-of-Life Care Programs Naropa University School of Extended Studies 909 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302, Tel: 303-447-8051 Fax: 303-447-8055 Visit their website

Pediatric Palliative Care: On line courses with Mount Ida College (new February 2005)

	If you would like to enter into the virtual world of education, consider an online learning experience in pediatric palliative care. NHPCO is presenting a series of on line courses with Mount Ida College, including pain management, program development, bereavement, and ethics. The first course is on pain management in children and begins Feb. 28th . Register now! The online learning programs offer flexibility that career professionals require. The courses are offered on WebCt, which is user friendly and requires no special software or advanced computer skills. Courses, which are four weeks in length, are comprised of a weekly readings, "lecture" and on-going discussions between faculty and participants. The format is asynchronous, enabling students to read lecture notes and participate in discussion at their convenience, day or night and regardless of time zone. 10 continuing education credits per course for nurses, social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and teachers.
	September 19- October 7, 2005 Children's Grief Stacy Orloff, MSW, Ed.D. Charles A. Corr, Ph.D.
	October 24- November 18, 2005 Ethical Decision-making for Pediatric End of Life Care Susan Huff, RN, MSN Marcia Levetown, M.D.
	All registration and information should be directed to Mount Ida College

Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care - Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice (new February 2005)

The Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice (PCEP), is a faculty development course that will be held April 5-12, 2005 and November 9-15, 2005. This two-week, learner-centered educational program is designed to provide intensive learning experiences for physician-and nurse- educators who wish to become expert in the clinical practice and teaching of comprehensive, interdisciplinary palliative care. Educators also will gain expertise in leading and managing improvements in palliative care education and practice at their own institutions. Participants receive mentorship and support in carrying out projects at their home institutions. Multiple educational formats, including small groups, large group discussions, panels, skills practice, standardized patients, and demonstrations will be used throughout the course. This program complements the CAPC programming through focusing on teaching about palliative care in multiple different settings, and through providing two weeks of intensive networking and learning about the core elements of our discipline.

If you are interested in learning more about this educational opportunity, please call 617.724.9509 or e-mail pallcare@partners.org. To view a full program description and to register online, visit the Harvard Medical School website.

Social Work Fellowship (new July 2004)

A postgraduate Social Work Fellowship in palliative and end of life care is available through the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care DPMPC) at Beth Israel Medical Center. Fellows participate in interdisciplinary rounds, case discussions, didactic conferences and departmental meetings with the focus on multidimensional approaches to symptom management and end of life care. The program will be offered on a full time basis for one year. Completed applications are due 7/31/04. Applications are available here. Contact: Terry Altilio ACSW: Phone: (212) 844-1467 or e-mail.

Introduction to Hospice and Palliative Care (new January 2004)

Ursuline College is offering an online course 'Introduction to Hospice and Palliative Care'. The course is available to all MSN, MSW, chaplains and MDs, and is part of a series of courses leading to a post MSN (for nurses) in Palliative Care. This course is a 3-credit (graduate) course starting January 5, 2004 through May 2004. For more information send an e-mail to the Palliative Care Coordinator or call 440-449-3367.

Spirituality & Healing in Medicine: A Multicultural Approach Course

The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health with Harvard Medical School and the Mind/Body Medical Institute, are organizing and sponsoring the Spirituality & Healing in Medicine: A Multi-Cultural Approach course, March 27-28, 2003 in Indianapolis, Indiana. This newly revised course offers the next steps in the integration of medicine and spirituality. The objectives of the course are to explore the relationship between spirituality and health and to give multicultural perspectives on spirituality and healing. As we get closer to the date of the conference, information will be posted on the GWISH website  and we will be send out programs via regular mail.

MSN in Palliative Care Nursing

Offered by the Breen School of Nursing at Ursuline College

Introduction to Hospice and Palliative Care

3 Credit Hours - Feb. 1, 2003 through May 2003 This course is available to all nurses who currently have a Master's Degree in Nursing. It is part of a series of courses leading to a post MSN in Palliative Care, offered by Ursuline College.

Online Education Credits for Nurses at CME Resource

	"CME Resource is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing  by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation"
	You can earn up to 30 Contact Hours with this End-of-Life Care Issue

Smith College Post-Masters in Social Work Certificate Program

The Center for Innovative Practice at the Smith College School for Social Work (Northampton, MA) announces four unexpected openings in its post-Masters' Certificate Program in End of Life Care. This program is clinically based, and provides two one-week didactic sessions in end-of-life care content, including practice, ethics, legal issues, uses of self, palliative and hospice care, leadership, and advanced practice issues. These are punctuated by an eight-month internship in which students receive clinical supervision provided through the school. Interested candidates have until May 13, 2002, to compete for these four openings. Complete information on this course and on Smith College is available at: http://www.smith.edu/ssw

The Heart of Healing - Palliative Care and the Arts

A four-part continuing education series for health-care professionals, artists, people living with life-threatening illness, caregivers, families and friends, social workers, spiritual care providers, physicians and nurses, occupational therapists, counselors, and others interested in the therapeutic use of the arts and humanities. CEUs will be available. Each event includes a meal. This series is a collaborative initiative of the College of St. Catherine and Fairview Health Services. Originally scheduled for Fall 2001, this series has been re-scheduled for this spring. St. Catherine College Wisdom Ways 2004 Randolph Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105 Phone: 651.690.6819 Web site: http://www.stkate.edu/wisdomways/ Email: ce@stkate.edu

Palliative Care Certificate Program

The Palliative Care Post Diploma Certificate Program at Grant MacEwan College is designed to provide professional health caregivers the necessary knowledge and skills for coordinating and providing quality care for the terminally ill in either an institutional or home care setting. Healthcare professionals enrolled in this certificate will build increased knowledge and skill in the physical, social, emotional and spiritual domains of palliative care. Graduates of this certificate are either self-employed (independent practice) or employed in palliative care settings in institutions or home care settings. Contact Grant MacEwan

End-of-Life-Nursing Education consortium (ELNEC) Training for Nurse Educators

This 2-day regional course is designed specifically for continuing education/staff development nurse educators who are experienced in end-of-life care. Participants include those who provide continuing education in colleges and universities, independent businesses, and nursing specialty organizations, or provide staff development for nurses practicing in hospitals, hospice, palliative care, long-term, home care, and other clinical settings. Susan Taylor End-of-Life Nursing Education Phone: (727) 588-2864 Email: susantaylor@thehospice.org November 28, 2001

City of Hope

City of Hope offers a number of other pain education opportunities, including programs for selected clinical nurse specialists, educators and quality assurance coordinators, and a course of patient education. Betty Ferrell City of Hope National Medical Center 1500 East Duarte Road Duarte, CA 91010-3012 Phone: 626/359-8111 x2825

Schumpert Medical Center Nursing Internship

2-4 day internships targeted for nurses responsible for improving pain in the hospital setting. Clinical and didactic content focusing primarily on acute pain management: how to establish an acute pain team or service, how to develop a PRN program, as well as opportunities to interface with pain service staff, pharmacy, PRN nurses and bedside nursing staff and patients. Schumpert Medical Center One St. Mary Place Shreveport, LA 71101 Phone: 318/681-4802

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Nurse Fellowship

One-year internship in cancer pain management and palliative care for masters prepared nurses Nessa Coyle Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Pain and Palliative Care Service, Dept of Neurology 1275 York Avenue New York, NY 10021 Phone: 212/639-7918 Fax: 717/3081

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Network Project

Two-week observership in cancer pain management, psychosocial oncology, and cancer rehabilitation for health care professional from any discipline. Participants are selected based on their potential to educate and train others within their own institution and community. Noelle Wootten Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Network Project Coordinator Box 421 1275 York Avenue New York, NY 10021 Phone: 212/583-3042 Fax: 212/230-1953

Medical College of Wisconsin Nurse Preceptorship

Three-day clinical and didactic program focuses on pain and symptom management at end of life. Medical College of Wisconsin 9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53226 Phone: 414/257-6117

Edith Cowan University School of Nursing & Public Health, Postgraduate Course

The Post Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care will provide an opportunity for allied health professionals to enhance their level of professional competence in the field of palliative care. Graduates of this course will have the knowledge and skills necessary to work professionally within an inter-disciplinary palliative care team. Graduates should be considered as allied health specialists in palliative care.

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Overlook Hospital

At Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ, we have been conducting a 12 hour training program in palliative care for nurses, technologists and social workers over the past 18 months and have trained over 350 staff to date. If you have interest please call 908-522-5339 or inquire by Email (john.gregory@ahsys.org) in order to obtain a brochure describing the program, agenda and registration information.