Navigating New Realities: Palliative Care and COVID-19 Implications for Clinical Practice - Part One

The Catholic Health Association and the Supportive Care Coalition co-hosted this one hour webinar for palliative care teams being impacted by COVID-19. These webinars discuss the essential role of palliative care in the context of the pandemic with a facilitated question and answer session.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Clarify the essential role of palliative care teams as their expertise is sought out for goals of care conversations, advance care planning discussions, and patient/family support in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

  2. Explore points of intersection between questions of resource allocation, Catholic ethical guidelines, and palliative care practice

  3. Engage in facilitated dialogue and best practice sharing with palliative care programs serving within Catholic healthcare ministries. 

Facilitators

Olumuyiwa Adeboye, MD, MBA, FACP, FAAHPMMedical Director, Palliative CareAscension Health

Olumuyiwa Adeboye, MD, MBA, FACP, FAAHPM

Medical Director, Palliative Care

Ascension Health

Nate Hibner, PhDDirector, EthicsCatholic Health Association of the United States

Nate Hibner, PhD

Director, Ethics

Catholic Health Association of the United States

MC Sullivan, RN, MTS, JDChief Healthcare EthicistDirector, Initiative for Palliative Care and Advance Care PlanningArchdiocese of Boston

MC Sullivan, RN, MTS, JD

Chief Healthcare Ethicist

Director, Initiative for Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning

Archdiocese of Boston

Gregg VandeKieft, MDMedical Director, Southwest Washington Region Palliative CareAssociate Medical Director, Providence Institute for Human CaringProvidence St. Joseph Health

Gregg VandeKieft, MD

Medical Director, Southwest Washington Region Palliative Care

Associate Medical Director, Providence Institute for Human Caring

Providence St. Joseph Health

Supportive Care Coalition