Education Services
Josefina Magno Conference
One of the most prestigious palliative care conferences in the country, the annual Josephina Magno Conference provides an outstanding opportunity for professional caregivers to advance their skills and knowledge in caring for patients with life-limiting illness.
Each fall this conference, sponsored by the Capital Hospice Institute for Education and Leadership, brings together national and international experts in palliative care to discuss the latest strategies and techniques in pain and symptom management, evidence-based best practices, support for the families of patients, and related topics.
- 2007 Josefina Magno Conference -- "The Profound Nature of Pain: Strategies for Relief " -- Oct. 23-24, 2007
Sponsorship Opportunities for the 2007 Josefina Magno Conference
The conference is highly recommended for those who work (or would like to work) with seriously ill patients and their families in hospitals, hospices, long-term or skilled nursing facilities, or home settings, including
- Physicians
- Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses
- CNAs and Home Health Aides
- Social Workers and Bereavement Counselors
- Chaplains, Pastoral Counselors, Clergy
- Hospice and Home Care Volunteers
- Therapists (physical, occupational, art, music, alternative)
Capital Hospice is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Virginia Nurses Association which is accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation as an approver of continuing education in nursing. VNA Approval Number 07-01-05. The Approver Unit of the VNA is located at 7113 Three Chopt Road, Suite 204, Richmond, VA 23226.
Capital Hospice, Provider #1088, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards, through the approved continuing education program.