2020 Conference Program

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Pre-Conference: Florence Schorske Wald Lectureship: Sunday, April 5th 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Pre-Conference

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Reimagining How We Die: New Innovations in End-of-Life Care

Janet Booth

Keynote: Monday, April 6, 2020, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Keynote

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Irreducible

BJ Miller, MD

Breakout Session 1: Monday, April 6th, 10:45 AM-12:00 PM

1A	Room TBA	Regulatory Hot Topics	Judi Lund Person, MPH, CHC
1B	Room TBA	Palliative Care for Patients with Dementia	Vic Sandler, MD
1C	Room TBA	The Art and Science to Deprescription at the End-of-Life	Cari Low, MD
1D	Room TBA	What is Medical about Medical Aid in Dying? Assessing the Minnesota End of Life Options Act.	Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD; Joan Liaschenko, PhD, RN HEC-C, FAAN; Jacob Strand, MD
1E	Room TBA	Pacemaker Deactivation by Request	Jennifer Kuyava, MD; Katy Hentges, NP
1F	Room TBA	Culturally Sensitive Clinical Ethics Approach for Muslim patients During End-of-Life Conversations	Sirin Yilmaz, MA; Kris Catrine, MD, FAAP,  Siman Nuurali
1G	Room TBA	GREAT Grief: Grieving the State of the World	Ted Bowman, MDiv
1H	Room TBA	Partnering for the Good of the Patient: Death Doulas and Hospice Working Together	Christy Marek
1I	Room TBA	Palliative Medicine & Music Therapy: An Innovative Partnership to Support Complex Patient Needs	Christina Wood, MA, MT-BC; Rachel Wiste, MSN, APRN, CNP, ACHPN; Rachel Gentes, MSN, APRN, CNP, ACHPN
1J	Room TBA	Session Cancelled
1K	Room TBA	Advancing Palliative Care to Drive Better Patient Outcomes and Manage Costs	Arif Kamal, MD
1L	Room TBA	Hot of the Press: A Review of the Past Year's Top Articles in Hospice and Palliative Care	Terrence Maag, MD;  Miguel Ruiz, MD

Breakout Session 2: Monday, April 6th, 1:15 PM-2:15 PM

2A	Room TBA	De-Mystifying Palliative Care Certification: The Who, What Why, Where, and How	Lisa Goodlow
2B	Room TBA	Medical Aid in Dying in Oregon: Practical Considerations for Hospice Providers	Barbara Hansen, MA, RN
2C	Room TBA	Terminal Agitation: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Promoting Patient Comfort at End-of-Life	Angela Salevouris, RN; Julia Lopez-Kaley, MA, MT-BC
2D	Room TBA	Supporting those with Dementia: Providing Care and Comfort at the End-of-Life	Diane Solheid, MS, MA
2E	Room TBA	"It's Not Time Yet": Creating Consultation Triggers for Proactive Ethics and Palliative Care in the ICU	Kimberly Goodman, MDiv, BCC, HEC-C; Joan Henriksen, RN, PhD, HEC-C;  Leslie Macho, APRN
2F	Room TBA	African American Patients and End-of-Life Care: An Ongoing Conversation on Cultural Competency and Humility	Shuji Moriichi, BCC, (APC); Jerome Brown, LGSW
2G	Room TBA	Helping Children through Grief and Anticipatory Loss	Jenny Simmonds, MEd, TF-CBT
2H	Room TBA	Sustainability Strategies for Rural Community-Based Palliative Care	Karla Weng, MPH, CPHQ;  Jennifer Peterson, MSW; Mari Perrenoud, BSN, MSA
2I	Room TBA	Self-Compassion: the Heart of Whole-Person Health	Jacquelyn Fletcher
2J	Room TBA	Pediatrics Workshop for Adult Hospices	Kris Catrine, MD, FAAP, HMDC; Mike McLoone, RN
2K	Room TBA	A Final Act of Care for Patients and Professionals	Sally Almond; Maria Schaff
2L	Room TBA	Using Service Design to Create a Patient-Centered Supportive Care Service	Bennet Clark, MD; Molly Fuller

Breakout Session 3: Monday, April 6th, 2:45 PM- 3:45 PM

3A	Room TBA	Surviving or Thriving: A P.E.P. Talk for Stronger Teams and Effective Operations	Judy Connelly, RN, MSN, SPHR
3B	Room TBA	Ethical Considerations when Discussing Serious News	Amy Greminger, MD
3C	Room TBA	Pain and Symptom Management for the Whole Interdisciplinary Team	Julie Mayers Benson, MD
3D	Room TBA	"In the Best Interest of the Patient...": An Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Team Approach for Supporting Surrogate Decision-Making in the ICU Setting	Florence Wright, MSW, LICSW; Sharon Chung, MSW, LICSW, AHPSW-C
3E	Room TBA	How to Respond to the Target Probe and Educate	Kimberly Olson, RN, PHN, CHPN, CHC; Ashley Arnold
3F	Room TBA	Cultural Competency and Humility--A Prep Course to Palliative and Hospice Professionals	Shuji Moriichi, BCC, APC
3G	Room TBA	Integrative Therapies in Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care: It's Magical	Kathryn Koehne, DNP, RN-BC;  Nicole Leand, MSN, APRN, WHCNP; Tuesday Rumley, BSN, RSCN
3H	Room TBA	Engaging Community-Based Palliative Care Teams in Rural Minnesota	Kathie Nichols, BSN, RN, CRRN; Lyn Ceronsky, DNP
3I	Room TBA	Memory Making and Legacy Opportunities for Hospice Patients and their Families	Amy Stepflug, CTRS, CDP;  Bethany McNamara, LGSW, MSW
3J	Room TBA	Hospice Care for the Homeless: Case Studies in Intra Agency Collaboration Our Lady of Peace Hospice and Catholic Charities	Kelly Pietrzak, BSW; Janie Sydor, RN, CHPN
3K	Room TBA	Tough Transitions: Optimizing Care for Young Adults through Pediatric to Adult Hospice and Palliative Care Transitions	Trisha K. Paul, MD; Tori Bahr, MD; Jody Chrastek,DNP
3L	Room TBA	Palliative Care and Hospice Care in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease	Vic Sandler, MD

Closing Plenary: Monday, April 6th, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Matters of Death and Life Conversation: Monday, April 6th, 6:30 PM- 8:30 PM

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Keynote: Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Keynote

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The Accidental Linguist: Reclaiming Language to Empower Patients in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Sunita Puri, MD

Breakout Session 4: Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 10:45 AM-12:00 PM

4A	Room TBA	Documentation Essentials	Lores Vlaminck, MA, BSN, RN
4B	Room TBA	Decision-Making with Dementia: Capacity, Choice, & Advocacy	Valerie J.Richards, MBA
4C	Room TBA	Three Cases Evaluating Both Difficult Symptom Management in Complex Patients and the Importance of the Interdisciplinary Team in Providing Culturally Appropriate Care	Allyson Stevenson-King, DO; David Fosselman, MD; Matthew Eggebrecht, MD
4D	Room TBA	POLST, It's More than and Order and a Form	Nancy Joyner, MS, CNS-BC, APRN, ACHPN; Vic Sandler, MD
4E	Room TBA	Capacity with Confused Adults--Ethical Considerations in Practice	Leigh Hartenberg, MSW, LICSW, LCSW; Michael Finch, APRN, NP, ACHPN
4F	Room TBA	We Die as We Live: The Intersectionality of Death	Zac Willette, MDiv, BCC; Rev. Cathy Chang, MDiv; Katie Savin, PhD(c), MSW, ASW; Rev. Tim Waithaka
4G	Room TBA	A Different Kind of Grief: The Client Grief Process from an Overdose or Substance Use-Related Death	Gloria Englund, MA
4H	Room TBA	Then and Now: The Evolution of End-of-Life Spiritual Assessments	Edward Holland, MDiv, BA, BCC (ret), MFT (ret); Paul Galchutt, BCC
4I	Room TBA	Collaborating with Music Therapy to Enhance Patient Care	Erin Fox, MMT, MA, MT-BC; Megan Druckrey, MT-BC; Jessica De Villers, MA, MT-BC
4J	Room TBA	"Conversations with Coordinators" (& Volunteers, Too!)	Deb Van Buren, BA, CVL; Theresa Redmond, BA
4K	Room TBA	Hospice Heart Failure Care in the Home: HFpEF;  HFrEF and Heart Failure Devices	Chris Downey, MD
4L	Room TBA	Financial Toxicity: The Hidden Side Effect of Cancer	Jennifer Kuyava, MD; Lindy Yokanovich, JD

Breakout Session 5: Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

5A	Room TBA	Does Your State Make the Grade? A Deep Dive Into the 2019 State-by State Palliative Care Report Card	Stacie Sinclair, MPP, CSW
5B	Room TBA	Understanding Medicare Hospice Medical Review Audits and Top Denials	Corinne Ball, RN, CPC, CAC
5C	Room TBA	LVAD Deactivation in the Home: Is Your Team Ready?	Emily Black, APRN, CNP
5D	Room TBA	Building Resiliency and Preventing Burnout in Palliative Care Professionals	Sara Osborne, RN, BSN
5E	Room TBA	Hunting for Help: Can Psychosis be Terminal and is Palliative Sedation and Option?	Caroline White, MSW, LICSW; Samuel Maiser, MD; Callie Schnitker, MD
5F	Room TBA	End-of-Life Care in the Jewish Tradition	Lynn Liberman, Ordained Rabbi, BCC
5G	Room TBA	The Impact of Sibling Loss on Surviving Children	Amy Funk, PhD, RN-BC
5H	Room TBA	Spiritual Care in Hospice: More than Prayer	Carol Shaffer, BCC;
5I	Room TBA	"Could I Get Through it?" Helping Caregivers to Increase their Confidence when Caring for a Dying Family Member at Home	Jacek Soroka, PhD, BCC, BSN; Tina Thomas, BSN
5J	Room TBA	Rural Palliative Care: Meeting People Where They Are	Nancy Joyner, MS, CNS-BC, APRN, ACHPN; Janelle Shearer, RN, MA, CPHQ; Lisa Iverson, RN, CDE
5K	Room TBA	Building Strong Music Therapy Programs: Innovation, Creativity, & Research to Support Patients and Families through Music	Christine Wood, MA, MT-BC
5L	Room TBA	Leading Through Change	Trisha Curioz, MSW, LISW, MHA

Breakout Session 6: Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 2:45 PM-3:45 PM

6A	Room TBA	Best Practices in Messaging Palliative Care	Stacie Sinclair, MPP, CSW
6B	Room TBA	Building an Effective and Functional Interdisciplinary Team	Laura Odegard, MSW, LISW; Gregory Gilbert, MDiv, MA
6C	Room TBA	TBD	TBD
6D	Room TBA	The (Un)Surprising Way to Prevent Family Conflict and Provider Moral Distress	Anne Archbold, LISW;  Zac Willette, MDiv, BCC
6E	Room TBA	Partnering with Parents as they Face a Devastating Diagnosis During their Pregnancy	Kasy Omann, DNP, APRN, FNB-BC; Susan Putzke, MDiv
6F	Room TBA	LGBT Older Adults: What do We Want at the End of Life?	Marsha Berry, MA, CAEd
6G	Room TBA	Ageism: Wow! Who Knew?	Dee Dee Haines, MDim, MDiv
6H	Room TBA	Approaching Life's End with Grace and Hope: The Bittersweet Paradox of Life and Death	Rev. Dr. Zach O'Neel, DMin, MDiv, MOL, MATS, BCC
6I	Room TBA	Overcoming the Fear of Death	Sheila Duddy, RN, MEd
6J	Room TBA	Improvisation in Pediatric Palliative Care: Using Music as a Metaphor	Ted Bowman, MDiv; Dannell Shu; Hilary Fedenberg, MA, MT-BC; Allison Miller, RN
6K	Room TBA	Concurrent Care Hospice: Tales from the Minneapolis VA	Jordan Keen, MD; Melissa Gloege, RN
6L	Room TBA	Grief Support in Diverse Settings	Heidi Smith, MA, LPC, FT; Tim Haskamp, LICSW; Michelle Coyle, RN, BS, GC-C

Closing Plenary: Tuesday, April 7th, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Closing Plenary

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Not Jut a Sad Story

Nora McInerny