The Queen’s Medical Center announces the premier palliative care conference in Hawaiʻi
Mon Nov 11
8:00 am – 4:30 pm
The Salvation Army Kroc Center – Hawaiʻi
91-3257 KUALAKAI PARKWAY
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
This one-day conference is designed to enhance practitioners knowledge and competence in pain management and palliative care to reduce patients’ acute and chronic symptom distress and enhance overall well-being. Open to all health care professionals in and beyond Hawaiʻi. Register soon as this conference has sold out in the past!!
- Download the brochure and program (with CE and parking information details)
- Early bird rates end 10/11
- Go directly to the QMC registration page
From our Kōkua Mau board president and conference chair: Meeting patients’ pain and palliative care needs demands a balance of the best of the art and science of caring. Challenges such as safely and effectively treating pain and maintaining resilience and presence can leave one with the feeling of staring at a blank canvas. This conference has gathered multi-talented experts to share the state of both the art and the science of pain management and palliative care, to inspire you with their creative presentations, and take you from a blank canvas to a larger palate of care options to create your masterpiece in meeting patients’ pain and palliative care needs.
We are delighted that our conference is returning this year to an in-person format. As always, we look forward to a day of learning, networking and renewal with our community peers of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and other healthcare professionals.
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Daniel Fischberg, MD, PhD, FAAHPM
Medical Director
Pain & Palliative Care Department
The Queen’s Medical Center
Professor and Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine Geriatric Medicine Department
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify complex pain management situations which may benefit from a collaborative care approach.
- Identify best practices for spiritual screening, history, and assessment.
- Utilize a compassionate communication framework to address hope and miracles.
- Identify the palliative care needs in patients with kidney disease.
- Describe the role of concurrent care and palliative dialysis as a way to improve patient experience at end of life.
- Understand how children grieve from a developmental perspective.
- Gain knowledge of the clinical research surrounding the use of psychedelic substances among participants living with life-threatening illness
