Educational Services

12th Annual Josefina Magno Conference

“Breathing In, Breathing Out:
Inspiration for Holistic Care”

November 2-3, 2010

The Waterford at Springfield, VA

In support of the Capital Hospice mission to improve care for those facing life-limiting illness through direct support of patients and families, public education and public advocacy, Capital Hospice presents the 12th Annual Josefina Magno Conference: "Breathing In, Breathing Out: Inspiration for Holistic Care" which seeks to equip the audience for integrative practice in providing relief of pain and suffering in serious progressive illness especially as it relates to shortness of breath/Dyspnea.

Distinguished, multidisciplinary experts will offer a blended program of practical, holistic, empirically-supportable, and evidence-based topics regarding the importance of the human breath throughout life.

The Josefina Magno Award for Excellence in Education and Leadership will be given to Frank Ostaseski, founder of the Metta Institute (Sausalito, CA) which provides education on spirituality in dying. Mr. Ostaseski is also one of this year’s faculty.

Learning Objectives

Apply mindfulness practice which cultivates present moment awareness to create empathy, decrease distress and a bridge for the doctor-patient relationship.
Describe evidence-based practices that can address distress, improve patient satisfaction, quality of life, and outcomes.
Recognize and design a plan of care that addresses symptomatic management of dyspnea which can be accomplished using pharmacologic (including opiates) and non-pharmacologic means.
Identify and individualize a plan of care for the patient based on the patient’s disease prognosis and progression.
Synthesize and formulate their own model for a spiritual assessment as part of a holistic treatment plan.

Target Audience

This conference is intended for those who work with seriously ill patients and their families in hospitals, hospices, long-term or skilled nursing facilities, or home settings including: physicians, nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants and Home Health Aides, Social workers and bereavement counselors, chaplains, pastoral counselors and clergy, hospice and home care volunteers, and therapists (physical, occupational, art, music, alternative).

CME Accreditation (for Jointly Sponsored Activities)

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Washington Hospital Center and the Capital Hospice Washington Hospital Center is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Washington Hospital Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Financial Relationships with Commercial Interest

As a sponsor accredited by the ACCME, it is the policy of Washington Hospital Center to require that everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest prior to the educational activity.

The ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner. Faculty and planners who refuse to disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from participating in the CME activity. For an individual with no relevant financial relationship(s), the participants must be informed that no conflicts of interest or financial relationship(s) exist.

Faculty

Keynote Speaker:

Frank Ostaseski

Metta Institute

Sausalito, CA

Lori Brady-Neuman

Music Practioner

Reston, VA

Myra Bridgeforth, LPC, LMFT

Marriage and Family Therapy

Vienna, VA

Cathy Cooper, LCSW

Bereavement Counselor

Capital Hospice

Largo, MD

Ronald P. Culberson, MSW, CSP

FUNSulting, etc.

Herndon, VA

Malene Davis, MBA, MSN, RN, CHPN

President and CEO

Capital Hospice

Falls Church, VA

Hank Dunn, MDiv

Author, Hard Choices for Loving People

Vienna, VA

Perry Fine, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Utah Pain Research Center

Salt Lake City, UT

Hunter Groninger, MD

Medical Director, Division of Palliative Care, Washington Hospital Center

Program Director, Physician Fellowship, Capital Hospice, Washington, D.C.

Cary Johnson

Chaplain

Capital Hospice

Leesburg, VA

Eric Libre, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Chief, Medical Critical Section

Inova Fairfax Hospital

Falls Church, VA

J. Cameron Muir, MD, FAAHPM

Executive Vice President, Quality and Access

Capital Hospice

President, Capital Palliative Care Consultants

Falls Church, VA

Sally Nystrom

Music Practitioner

vienna, VA

Robin Remsburg, PhD, GCNS, BC, FAAN

Director, School of Nursing,

Associate Dean, College of Health and Human Services

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Cynda Hylton Rushton, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor, The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Clinical Nurse Specialist in Ethics

Program Director, Harriet Lane Compassionate Care Program

The Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Baltimore, MD

Michael J. Sheridan, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Visiting Scholar and Director of Research

Center for Spirituality and Social Work

Catholic University

Washington, DC

Tino Vilches, RPh

Senior Vice President of Clinical Services

Wise Hospice Options

Edmond, OK

Susan Wright, RN, CHPN

Case Manager

Capital Hospice

Falls Church, VA

Registration

The 12th annual Josefina Magno Conference is offering an economy discount for attendees this year. Early Bird Registrants who register by September 15 will save $50 off of the regular registration fee.

All Early Bird Registrants will be entered into a drawing to receive one free night at the Hilton Springfield Hotel

To register, call 703-538-2030 or e-mail education@capitalhospice.org now.

Hotel Accommodations

Call the Hilton Springfield Hotel at 703-971-8900 to make reservations. Reservations can also be made online at www.hilton.com.

Our special group rate is $199/night, exclusive of tax and tip. Refer to the Capital Hospice Conference (code: CAPH) to obtain this rate.

Remember: Register for the conference by September 15 to be entered into a drawing to receive one free night at the Hilton Springfield Hotel.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2010, FOR ASSOCIATION FOR DEATH EDUCATION AND COUNSELING [ADEC] MEETING:

Submit your proposal today for a concurrent session or poster presentation at Making Connections: Dying, Death and Bereavement in the Global Community. This combined meeting of the Association for Death Education and Counseling® and the International Conference on Grief and Bereavement will be attended by hundreds of delegates from all over the world.

Appropriate topics for submission include: issues of cultural and ethnic diversity in illness, death and bereavement; best practices in hospice care; end-of-life decision-making; effective rituals and creative interventions for mourners; and more. Learn more and begin the submission process to be a part of this dynamic program. Submission period ends August 5, 2010.

For more information contact:

Kasia Chalko, Marketing Communications Manager

Association for Death Education and Counseling
111 Deer Lake Road, Suite 100 Deerfield, IL 60015 USA
Tel +1-847-509-0403| Fax +1-847-480-9282
kchalko@adec.org

http://www.adec.org

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