We are looking forward to welcoming the first 300 registrants.

When

Session 1 September 15 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET

Session 2 September 22 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET

Session 3 September 29 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET

Where

      Zoom

Costs

OASW Members: Free!

OASW Student Member: Free!

Non-Member: $75 for all 3 sessions or $30 for an individual session

Student Non-Member: $25for all 3 sessions or $10 for an individual session 

Event Description

This education series presents current approaches to providing a truly person-centred approach to Palliative Care. The sessions will be engaging and interactive in sharing progressive models of engagement while learning to also safeguard our own wellbeing as care providers within Social Work. 

Session #1: Applying the Principles and Practices of Palliative and End-of-Life Care Through a Trauma Informed Approach

Date: September 15, 2023, 12pm – 2pm

Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize the emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, and physical aspects of living and dying of a progressive life-limiting illness
2. Learn to communicate and how to enter the ‘space’ of someone who is dying
3. Understand anticipatory loss, and expressions/behaviours of grieving
4. Examine the effects of a life-limiting illness on caregivers and chosen family
5. Experiential exercise – A Journey Through Dying
6. Recognize the signs and symptoms of imminent death
7. Apply the principles of Trauma Informed Care to palliative and end-of-life care

Session #2: The Culturally Humble Approach to Palliative Care

Date: September 22, 2023, 12pm – 2pm

Learning Objectives:

1. What is Cultural Humility and how it differs from Cultural Sensitivity/Competence?
2. How to apply a Culturally Humble approach within Palliative Care
3.  Learn the importance Personal Culture when supporting people who are palliative, their families, and caregivers
4. Cultural Humility within grief, loss, and bereavement

Session #3: Utilizing Self-Compassion Practices to Safeguard Our Wellbeing and Build Resiliency

Date: September 29, 2023, 12pm – 2pm

Learning Objectives:

1. Gain an awareness of Moral Injury, Pathological Altruism, and Empathetic Distress as experienced within Palliative Care
2. Differentiating between Empathy, Sympathy, and Compassion to those at End-of-Life
3. Destructing the myth of ‘Compassion Fatigue’ when supporting individuals who are deemed palliative
4. Examining the effects of Vicarious and Secondary Traumatization in caring for people living with a life-limiting illness
5. Facilitating the principles of Self-Compassion

Presenter:

Rami Shami,  Hospice Palliative Care Consultant

https://www.ramishami.com/about-ramishamiconsulting

NOTE ABOUT REGISTRATION QUESTIONS:

OASW is committed to inclusion and promoting a diverse range of identities, experiences, perspectives, and voices across all areas of the Association. As such, the registration contains some optional questions that are intended to assist us to better understand our social work community and ensure that our work is reflective of the diverse membership of OASW and our profession.