Compassion in Practice:
Achieving Better Outcomes by Maximizing Communication, Relationships and Resilience
Oct. 28-29, 2016 | Boston Marriott Long Wharf
Join us for the inaugural session of Compassion in Practice: Achieving Better Outcomes by Maximizing Communication, Relationships and Resilience on Oct. 28-29, 2016 in Boston, MA. Featuring an internationally recognized faculty in disciplines spanning neuroscience to clinical education, this continuing education course is designed for physicians, nurses, and health care professionals and educators who wish to enhance their communication skills, optimize professional relationships and ability to work in teams, while improving their efficiency and enjoyment of clinical practice.
Course Directors:
Beth A. Lown, MD
Mt. Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School and The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
Lidia Schapira, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Amy M. Sullivan, EdD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH
Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Jeannette Ives Erickson RN, DNP, FAAN
Massachusetts General Hospital
Featured Speakers:
Richard J. Davidson, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tania Singer, PhD
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzip, Germany
Charles Hatem, MD
Mt. Auburn Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Accreditation
Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Harvard Medical School and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Harvard Medical School affiliates who developed this course include: The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, with support from Mount Auburn Hospital and the MGH Institute of the Health Professions.
Nursing
13.75 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be provided by the Norman Knight Nursing Center for Clinical and Professional Development at Massachusetts General Hospital (OH-239, 10/1/2017) which is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
American Academy of Family Physicians
This Live activity, Compassion in Practice, Achieving Better Outcomes by Maximizing Communication, Relationships and Resilience, with a beginning date of 10/28/2016, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 13.50 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Risk Management
This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 9 Credits of Risk Management Study. This includes 9 Credits of End-of-Life Care Studies. Please check your individual state licensing board requirements before claiming these credits.
International Accreditations
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities. Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the European Union of Medical Specialists, physicians may convert AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to an equivalent number of European CME Credits® (ECMECs®). Information on the process of converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to ECMECs® can be found at: www.eaccme.eu.
ACGME Competencies
This course is designed to meet the following Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education competencies: Interpersonal and Communications Skills.
IOM Competencies
This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine Competencies: Patient-Centered Care and Interdisciplinary Teams.
