Caring full circle: Managing your needs as you care for your patients

Join experts Pamela Ginsberg, PhD, Lisa Capparella, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW, and Kimberly Curseen, MD, as they discuss strategies to manage emerging workplace safety concerns and empathy fatigue, as well as palliative care in a modern world.

We encourage you to attend both sessions, though this is not required. Please register for each session separately. Free CEs for each session may be available in your discipline.*

If you have questions or need accommodations to participate in these programs, please contact Living Beyond Breast Cancer at HCP@lbbc.org.

SESSION I: Workplace safety and emotional health in a changing world

Thursday, September 12 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (ET)

Healthcare providers practice in demanding and increasingly stressful environments. It can be difficult for providers to prioritize their own emotional well-being while caring for others, though it is essential to do so. Join Pamela Ginsberg, PhD, and Lisa Capparella, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW, to learn how to:

• Navigate the impact of high-stress healthcare settings
• Recognize and address compassion fatigue while nurturing compassion satisfaction
• Learn practical coping strategies for dealing with grief and loss within patient care
• Explore a variety of individual and group techniques for maintaining emotional well-being

SESSION II: New perspectives and practices in palliative care

Friday, September 27 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (ET)

Join us to hear Kimberly Curseen, MD, share the latest advances and opportunities in palliative care. Healthcare providers can expect to learn about:

• Changes in the landscape of palliative care
• Strategies for identifying and easing patient and caregiver distress
• Advocating for optimal patient care within the multidisciplinary team
• Evolving and prolonged relationships with patients across the continuum of care
• Ways to cope with patient suffering

*Contact hours/CE applications

• Nursing: 
  • Session I: This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 
  • Session II: This program is pending approval to offer nursing continuing education.
• Social work:
  • Session I: This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886556304-9099) for 1 continuing education contact hours.
  • Session II: This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886556304-4710) for 1 continuing education contact hours.
• Patient Advocates:
  • Session II: This program is pending approval by the Patient Advocate Certification Board to satisfy the requirements for Board Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA).

This webinar series was supported by the Grant or Cooperative Agreement Number 1 NU58DP006672, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.