Name:
Henry Ford Health System Clinician Education Series
Description
This educational series offers modules that train clinicians in palliative
care.
Category:
Educational Tools - Clinician Education
Source:
Henry Ford Health System
Division of Hematology/Oncology
2799 West Grand Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48202
www.henryford.com
Contact:
Leslie Bricker
lbricke1@hfhs.org
How the grantee used this instrument:
Once a month palliative care lectures are provided to the house staff. Typical
topics include: 1. Gaps in End of life care, 2. What is an Advance Directive,
3. Conducting a family meeting, 4. How to approach patients & families
regarding DNR status, 5. Breaking bad news, 6. Care for the care givers, 7.
Pain & nonpain symptom control, 8. Spirituality, 9. Legal myths of end-of-life
care, etc. It provides a didactic portion, video examples, and interactive
discussion with participants.
Keywords:
clinical training, curricula
To use this tool:
Email Leslie Bricker for information on availability (see contact information
above).
References:
Developed specifically for this project by the project team.
Posted June 16, 2003
Henry Ford Health System overview page
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying persons and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.
