Serious Illness Care Program Summit 2023: Driving Equity in Serious Illness Communication and Care

2023 Course Overview

Information for the 2024 course is not yet available.

Join Ariadne Lab’s Serious Illness Care Program for our inaugural virtual summit to learn more about advancing equity and access to high quality serious illness communication and care. Participants will gain strategies and tools for improving clinical culture and connect with a community of serious illness care practitioners.  

Agenda highlights include:  

• Welcome from Ariadne Labs Executive Director, Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH 

• Keynotes from: 
  Diane Meier, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
  Director Emerita and Strategic Medical Advisor of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) 
  Marisette Hasan, BSN, RN
  Vice President of Community Action & Policy at the Center to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) 
  Erik Fromme, MD, MCR, FAAHPM
  Jo Paladino, MD, Joshua Lakin, MD, Justin Sanders, MD, MSc, FAAHPM, Ariadne Labs’ Faculty and Associate Faculty  

• Panel discussions and plenaries on equity considerations for adapting the Serious Illness Conversation Guide, strategies to create system-level change, and resources to prepare patients, caregivers, and communities for serious illness conversations 

• Research presentations and workshops exploring the latest in serious illness care innovation 

• Affinity groups and networking opportunities  

All participants will have the opportunity to access new digital learning modules to support implementation of the Serious Illness Care Program, including downloadable tools and resources. A limited number of seats will be available for our new simulation-based training in how to use the Serious Illness Conversation Guide. Details for registering for simulation-based training will occur closer to the start of the Summit, and sign-ups will take place on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Who Should Attend

• Specialty Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Psychologists
• Primary Care Physicians 
• Social Workers
• Other

Specialties: Geriatrics, Critical Care and Trauma, Family Medicine, Healthcare Education and Leadership, Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology and Hematology, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Public Health, Pulmonary Medicine, Surgery, Palliative Medicine

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Utilize new tools to advance equity in serious illness communication and care.

• Identify strategies to improve clinical culture and practice in serious illness conversations.

• Connect with and learn from a community of individuals working on serious illness communication improvement.