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15th Annual Palliative Care Social Work Conference
Fostering Health Equity and Inclusion:
Empowering Social Workers for Everyday Practice
Friday, April 19, 2024 | 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM (MST)
In person and online attendance options
Tivoli Student Union
Turnhalle Room
900 Auraria Parkway
Denver, CO 80024
Hosted by Metropolitan State University of Denver, Department of Social Work
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Student Rate: $35
Online Rate: $65
In-Person Rate: $135
Volunteers attend for free! For more information, please email [email protected]
CE Credits
Up to 6 hours of CE Credits approved by NASW-CO. Participation in the training will count towards the requirements of DORA’s 40 hours of Continuing Professional Development all LCSW and LSW.
Program At-A-Glance
Keynote Part I & II: Fostering Health Equity and Inclusion in Social Work Palliative Care and other Allied Health Professions
Featuring Keynote Speaker: Karen Bullock, Ph.D., LICSW, FGSA, APHSW-C
Endowed Professor of Social Work at Boston College
Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
Breakout Session Topics:
Healing Narratives: Unpacking the Intersection of Generational Trauma and Moral Injury in Palliative Care – Dimple D. Dhabalia, JD, CAPP
Palliative Care with Stigmatized Patients: An Interdisciplinary Approach – Fiona Bullock, M.S.W., APHSW-C, D.A.A.E.T.S., Tina Allen, SUDCC-SUD, James Murdock, M.Div., and Theodore Zwerdling, M.D.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Language and Conscious Communication – Hareklia (Harri) Brackett, APRN, CNS, ACHPN, Melissa C. Palmer, LCSW, ACHP-SW, APHSW-C, JD; Elizabeth Wambugu, AGNP-C
Behind Closed Doors: The High Risks of Intimate Partner Violence on Palliative and Hospice Care Patients – Laura Madeline Thibault, LCSW and Matteo J. Vatalaro, LCSW (they/he)
Shifting from cultural competence to cultural responsiveness: A phenomenological study of illness coping in Chinese pediatric patients living with blood cancer – Yixuan Wang and Nathan Gallo
Spiritual Dialogue Skills to Support Patients Living with Serious Illness – Kelly Arora, PhD
Sponsorship
2024 Palliative Care Social Work Conference Sponsors:
Community Partner Sponsorships:
Business Sponsorships: 
Sponsorship Opportunities
Would your organization like to be a recognized sponsor for this event? Please contact Teiriana Ibarra, Event Planning Specialist, at [email protected] with questions and to commit to your sponsorship today HERE!
Sponsorship Options:
- Community Partner Sponsorships: $200
- Acknowledgement at the conference, on conference website, in conference program
- One complimentary full-conference registration
- Business Sponsorship: For $500 (for-profit company) or $400 (non-profit organization)
- Acknowledgement at the conference, on conference website, in conference program.
- Two complimentary full-conference registrations
- One undraped six-foot table on which to display literature and sample products; Breakfast & lunch for the representative staffing your organization’s exhibit table
- Platinum Sponsorship: $1500
- Short video played the day of the conference program
- Optional video included in gallery on the virtual access website
- Acknowledgement at the conference, on conference website, in conference program
- Two complimentary full-conference registrations
- Access for rep to attend the networking session at the end of the conference
- A post conference attendee “blast” to all registrants send by PCSWK planning committee on sponsor’s behalf
- One undraped six-foot table on which to display literature and sample products; Breakfast & lunch for the representative staffing your organization’s exhibit table
Please email [email protected] to provide the name(s), contact information and License Number (for CECs), for complimentary conference registration(s).
Event Coordination by the Student Association of Social Workers at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Proceeds will go towards student social work professional development and education.