Next-level Practice in Palliative Care
- Continuing Education
Next-Level Practice in Palliative Care is a three-day, live, online intensive appropriate for all members of adult and pediatric palliative and hospice care teams ready to enhance their practice skills.
- Live Online
This course is taught online in real time.
Session Recordings will not be available for this course.
$1,650
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Continuing Education
Earn up to:
18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
18.00 ANCC contact hours
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All evaluations and credit claims must be completed within 60 days of the course end date.
Three Days
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Overview
Next-Level Practice in Palliative Care is a three-day, live, online intensive appropriate for all members of adult and pediatric palliative and hospice care teams — participating as individuals or in a group -- ready to enhance their practice skills. The course is designed for serious learners who seek to enhance their primary palliative care skills, refresh earlier training, or prepare for leadership roles. Next-Level Practice delves deeply into essential skills, including whole-person assessment, state-of-the-art symptom management, and a full day on serious illness communication featuring deliberate skill development in the use of expert, compassionate approaches that all patients and families deserve at the end of life. Level up your practice and join a generous and growing global community of lifelong learners dedicated to elevating the practice of palliative and hospice care. Continuing education credits are available for most disciplines.
Building on the longstanding legacy of Palliative Care Education and Practice (PCEP), this redesigned course represents the second part of a three-course series. The Foundations of Palliative Care course is not a prerequisite, though experience caring for seriously ill patients and their families is strongly recommended if one has not completed Foundations.
Next-level Practice in Palliative Care emphasizes deliberate skill expansion and applied practice through case-based discussions, role-playing with simulated patients, and guided reflection. Participants will have multiple opportunities for supported practice with structured feedback, allowing them to expand and hone essential primary palliative care skills required across care settings. Participants will strengthen their confidence in comprehensive assessment and management of patients and families living with serious illness, while broadening their interprofessional community, deepening self-reflection, and cultivating sustainability in their work. Clinicians will leave with practical skills and strategies they can immediately apply to day-to-day clinical practice.
Learning Objectives
- Apply a comprehensive, consistent framework to whole-person assessment and management (physical, psychosocial, spiritual domains).
- Deliberately practice serious illness communication skills with simulated patient encounters, supported by structured feedback and coaching from peers and expert clinicians.
- Strengthen a community of peers committed to providing high-quality care for people with serious illness.
- Engage in reflective practices that support sustainability of meaningful, long-term clinical work.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care.
Who Should Participate
Primary Care Physicians, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Specialty Physicians, Pharmacists, Social Workers, Chaplains, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Others
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Directors
Miranda Adelmann, MD
Matthew Bartek, MD, MPH
Helen Bodell, MDiv
Katherine Davidoff, MD
Alexis Drutchas, MD
Ellie Frechette, LICSW, MSW
Jenna Freitas, MSN, RN
Hayley Forbes, LICSW, MSW
Julia Gallagher, MD
Jonathan Jehle, NP
Shih-Ning Liaw, MD
Natsu Matsuya, MD
Damien Miran, MD
Sue Morris, PsyD
Bethany Myers, LICSW, MDiv, MSW
Ariela Orkaby, MD, MPH
Cristina Pozo-Kaderman, PhD
Kristen Uhl, PhD
Christina Ullrich, MD
Jamyl Walker, NP
Alexander Wolf, DNP, NP, RN
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Course Fees
Registration Details
You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Prices include CME credit, electronic syllabus. Session recordings will not be available for this course. At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
| Role | Course Fee | Early Registration Course Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $1,650 | $1,485 |
| Nurse (RN) | $1,100 | $990 |
| Nurse Practitioner (NP) | $1,400 | $1,260 |
| PA | $1,400 | $1,260 |
| Psychologist | $1,650 | $1,485 |
| Social Worker | $800 | $720 |
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is approved for 18.00 contact hours, of which 1.50 is eligible for pharmacology credit.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 18.00 credits of Risk Management Study. This includes:
- 3.25 credit(s) of Opioid Education and Pain Management Training
- 18.00 credit(s) of End-of-Life Care Education
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the Union of European Medical Specialists website.