COVID-19 has required that hospitals and health institutions enforce safety precautions that often separate patients from their loved ones and clinicians from loved ones who are charged with participating in care decisions. These eleven on-demand CE/CME webinars are offered free of charge to meet that need.

All presentations embrace an interprofessional care perspective and are appropriate for a wide variety of health professionals interested in palliative care. The webinars feature recognized experts in the palliative care field, all of whom have had extensive experience treating patients during the current epidemic. While the content is COVID-19 focused, many of the issues are germane for palliative care in all contexts. Course details • Free registratrion

Making Hard Decisions on Resource Allocation in an Era of Pandemics and Uncertainty – Gina Piscitello, MD, Rush University Medical Center. 40 minutes, .75 credits

Symptom Management for COVID Patients – Gina Piscitello, MD, Rush University Medical Center. 40 minutes, .75 credits

Advance Care Planning in the Setting of Pandemics – Laura Fosler, RN, MS, FNP-BC, ACHPN and Amanda (AJ) Fairgreive, LCSW, Rush University Medical Center. 28 minutes, .5 credits

Goals of Care Discussions During COVID-19: Talking About What Everyone is Finally Talking About – Carter Neugarten, MD, Rush University Medical Center. 15 minutes, .5 credits

Team Morale in the Setting of a Pandemic – Laura Fosler, RN, MS, FNP-BC, ACHPN, Rush University Medical Center, and Ellen Norton, ACHPN, APRN, Core Faculty, Coleman Palliative Medicine. 37 minutes, .75 credits

Emotional Trauma, Moral Distress, Compassion Fatigue – James Gerhart, PhD, Central Michigan University. 35 minutes, .75 credits

Conflict Resolution in the Setting of Pain and Trauma – James Gerhart, PhD, and Melanie F. Midkiff, MS, Central Michigan University, and Sean O’Mahony, MB, BCH, BAO, MS, FAAHPM, Coleman Palliative Medicine. 34 minutes, .75 credits

COVID-19 in the Nursing Home – Stacie K. Levine, MD, FAAHPM, and KIM BEITING, MD, University Of Chicago Medicine. 35 minutes, .75 credits

Assessing and Managing Pain for COVID Patients – Sean O’Mahony, MB, BCH, BAO, MS, FAAHPM, Coleman Palliative Medicine. 28 minutes, .5 credits

Using Telehealth to Provide Care to Isolated Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Magdalena Bednarczyk, MD, and Sasha Alexander Rackman, MD, Rush University Medical Center. 25 minutes, credits TBD

Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Contagion: Real-Time Coping Skills – James Gerhart, PhD, Central Michigan University. 45 minutes, .75 credits

This free CE/CME is offered through a partnership with the Coleman Palliative Care Organization, a collaboration between University of Chicago, Rush, and the Coleman Foundation. Illinois AHEC is one of many partners.