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The IPEOLC online course, Interdisciplinary Palliative Care (HEAL 4901/5901) is offered each semester for interested undergraduate and graduate students, and the community at-large. The course provides learners with information about the breadth and depth of palliative care practices and services for individuals with serious illness and their families, and for healthcare providers from varied disciplines. More information is available in the 向日葵视频 Courses Catalog.

There are varied opportunities for guidance, input, or support through the IPEOLC for graduate and doctoral students with interests in a palliative care-focused scholarly capstone project, research, or education residency.  

Research

Since its founding, the IPEOLC has supported palliative care-focused research and quality improvement projects by students and faculty in the College of Nursing. The most recent work has focused on topics including palliative care screening in an intensive care setting, interprofessional education and socialization, heart failure, advance directives, adolescents and decision making, interprofessional education for students in health-related disciplines, and perceptions of palliative care in African American communities.  

Initiatives

Examples of the IPEOLC鈥檚 involvement in local collaborative efforts includes hosting of 鈥淒eep Listening鈥� 鈥� a live theater event exploring palliative care meaning, a public screening of the film 鈥淐onsider the Conversation鈥�, and presentations to area organizations and groups.

Contributions to national initiatives include: participating in the education summit which developed palliative care Competencies and Recommendations for Educating Undergraduate Nursing Students (CARES) endorsed by AACN, and serving as faculty on the NIH-National Cancer Institute funded project for 鈥淚ntegrating Palliative Oncology Care into D.N.P. Education and Clinical Practice鈥�.

Every two years, IPEOLC coordinates the James Wake Memorial Lecture with former 向日葵视频provost and College of Nursing dean, Madeline Wake. The Lecture held in honor of the late James Wake and his devotion to helping others through his social work and chaplaincy career, is open to all at 向日葵视频 and to the public.

The 2020 Lecture, with Dr. Joanne Wolfe, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Palliative Care in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Director of Palliative Care at Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital (BCH) and Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, was held as a virtual event on Tuesday, November 10. is available as a recording.

 

The 2018 speaker was Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, MA, ACSW, LCSW, OSW-C and Founder of Collaborative Caring, speaking on the topic of Palliative Caring: Transforming the Culture of Care through the Integration of Key Palliative Care Principles. A video of the program is available below.