Hope, Healing and Humility in Action: Beyond Cultural Competence in Pediatric Palliative Care

Friday, October 7, 2011: 10:45 AM-11:45 AM
Primary Presenter:
Maureen Horgan, LICSW, ACHP-SW
Co-Presenter:
Rev. Nayer Taheri, MASC
Area of Emphasis: Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Learning Objectives:
1. Define and locate the essence and power of humility in practitioner’s personal and professional life
2. Objective 2: Explain how palliative care provision can be grounded in humility.
3. Objective 3: Examine how families’ culture meets with the culture of medicine and how the effective merge of these two cultures impact the care of children at end of life.
4. Objective 4: Apply the concept of cultural humility to tailor an individually designed plan of care for each family to address their unique needs and concerns.
5. Objective 5: Describe tools and approaches to build humility in practice across disciplines and in organizational culture.
6. Objective 6: Identify barriers in the clinical and organizational practice of humility.
Children challenge us to explore our humanity and foundational beliefs as we support them in living with serious illness. The ability to grasp every learning moment from children and families impacts the quality of effective compassionate care. In this session, the meaning of humility and how different disciplines define it will be explored with the goal of utilizing its power in clinical practice to support exceptional pediatric care. We will discuss humility in action and how common understanding and practice supports a holistic approach in work with families. The presentation will provide tools and approaches for the practice of humility in clinical practice and in organizational culture.
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