Duke School of Medicine and Amedisys Home Health and Hospice are co-sponsoring APPEAL (A Progressive Palliative Care Educational Curriculum for the Care of African Americans at Life’s End) Aug. 20–21 at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel.
On Aug. 20, breakfast and registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the program at 8 a.m. It will end at 5:30 p.m. that day. On Aug. 21, the event will begin at 8 a.m. and last until 2:30 p.m.
APPEAL is a nationally recognized training program for physicians, health care professionals, church leaders and members of the community. With statistics like blacks are 41 percent less likely to access hospice care than whites and hospice use among blacks decreased by 20 percent from 2006 to 2007, education is the first step toward addressing these alarming trends.
The curriculum will discuss topics like social determinants of health, comprehensive patient evaluation, quality end-of-life care, culturally appropriate communication, pain treatment and racial disparities, spirituality and end-of-life care and patient-centered decision-making.
Physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, chaplains, clergy, psychologists, counselors, hospital and hospice administrators and family caregivers for blacks at life’s end are encouraged to attend.
For more information and to register, visit www.iceol.duke.edu. (TAB)
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