The ACPEL Society invites you to join us in Chicago in 2012 to Research, examine, develop and learn. Hear from a wide range of international speakers who will provide us with the latest developments and practices in advance care planning, end of life care, and its associated disciplines.
Conference Purpose & Objectives The purpose of the conference is to provide state-of-the-art advance care planning and end-of-life communication from a clinical, ethical, educational, research, legal, and policy perspective. Identify key elements in developing evidence-based advance care planning programs. Describe cutting-edge, innovative strategies that improve advance care planning and end-of-life communication. Discuss sound evaluation research methods to examine the impact of advance care planning.
Who Should Attend? Doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, policy-makers, researchers, students, medical officers and directors working in areas covering: End of life/palliative care Primary care Critical care Acute care hospitals Long term care Policy development Social Services Ethics Spiritual care
Conference Themes Conceptual/theoretical/ethical/research questions regarding care planning and end of life decision-making. Best Practice programs to train professionals to facilitate the planning process with different populations or for different types of decisions. Effective implementation strategies for all types of care planning including medical records systems, electronic registries, documentation tools, effective ways to organise a team approach to advance care planning within a health care setting. Review and critique of public policy or legislative approach that supports or hinders advance care planning. Community engagement strategies for either large, diverse populations or for specific, special populations.
Plenary Speakers Dr Susan Block, MD, Chair, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Co-Director HMS Center for Palliative Care, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA Ms Linda Briggs, MS, MA, RN, Associate Director Respecting Choices & Ethics Consultant, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, USA Ms Diane Coleman, JD, Founder and President of Not Dead Yet, USA Dr Randall Curtis, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Section Head, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, USA Dr Karen Detering, MD, Austin Medical Center, Australia Dr Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD, is the Buehler Professor of Geriatric Medicine and director of the Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Dr Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD., RN, Director of the Harriet Lane Compassionate Care Program, Johns Hopkins Children s Center & Co-lead of the Professional Education Committee of C-TAC Mr Tom Koutsoumpas, Co-Director of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), USA Dr Maureen Lyon, PhD., Children s National Medical Center, USA Dr Gloria Ramsey, JD, PhD Dr Jürgen in der Schmitten, Family Practitioner and research fellow at the dpt of General Practice, University of Düsseldorf, Germany Associate Professor Bill Silvester, Director, Respecting Patient Choices & Intensive Care Specialist, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia Mr Brad Stuart, MD, Director of Sutter Home Care and Co-Lead of the Clinical Models Committee of C-TAC, USA Professor Keri Thomas, National Clinical Lead, Gold Standards Framework Centre, UK Dr Neil Wenger, MD, MPH, Position Professor, UCLA Department of Medicine; Director, UCLA Health System Ethics Center, USA
What Chicago has to offer See Chicago's Cloud Gate Sculpture (aka The Bean) Take in a Broadway show See the Chicago Cubs in action!
Want more? Enjoy a meal at Chicago's famous Rush Street Experience the blues Take a carriage ride and see the sights Take a stroll through Millennium Park Enjoy the panoramic views of Lake Michigan
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago in May 2012, as we collectively commit to raising the bar!
For more information, please visit the website www.acpelsociety.com.au