Expanding HAPC Education

Three monthly gatherings of hospice and palliative care professionals learning from each other and improving the care we provide our patients

Established in 2020 as a result of the move to virtual learning that happened during the pandemic, the HAPC Virtual Didactics serves as a platform for anyone interested in palliative care to have access to high-quality lectures from experts in the field. We offer a twice monthly Grand Rounds series and a once monthly Managing Addiction and Pain in the Palliative Interdisciplinary Team lecture. Click the “Sign Up” link to sign up for the lecture series, and click on “Blog” to view past or current lectures. Click on the picture of the lecturer to enter the Zoom (synchronous) or YouTube (asynchronous). Links are typically updated within a day of the lecture.

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Grand Rounds

When Words Stick: ​The Hidden Cost of Patient Labels in Clinical Care

Looking forward to this lecture by Dr. Alexis Drutchas, MD, on the harms of labeling patients. Dr. Drutchas is a palliative care physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She serves as Director of the Core Communications Program in the Dana-Farber Department of Supportive Oncology. Dr. Drutchas co-founded The Palliative Story Exchange…

Grand Rounds

Communication Strategies for ‘Difficult’ Families

I’m looking forward to this lecture by my dear friend, Lina Toledo Franco, MD, FACP on Communication with “Difficult” Families. Dr. Franco is the inaugural Division Director of Palliative Care at SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital,  Program Director of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Program Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine attending, Medical…

Grand Rounds

Levity in Healthcare

I’m very much looking forward to this lecture from Richie Redding on levity in healthcare. I saw Richie’s session at the NACH conference in New Orleans last year, and believe this is a talk that would benefit every team. This lecture will NOT BE RECORDED, so it’s one afternoon only.  Our presenter, Richie Redding, is a…

Grand Rounds

Past, Present, and Future of Hospice Care

We are looking forward to resuming the HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds series and hoping this semester is the best one yet! Check out the upcoming lectures for this semester here. I am excited to announce that we will also host another Virtual Didactics Happy Hour on Friday evening at the AAHPM Conference in San Diego…

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