Palliative Care Social Work Conference

13th Annual Palliative Care Social Work Conference

Resilience: What Palliative Care Needs to Thrive

Save the Date: Friday, April 8, 2022

Hosted by Metropolitan State University of Denver, Department of Social Work

Resilience in health care professionals means improved care for patients and their families. Based on conference evaluation feedback, all sessions are related to resilience and trends important for palliative care social workers and other allied health professionals to learn.

Where: Tivoli Student Union, Turnhalle Room, 900 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO 80024

When: 8:15 AM to 2:40 PM

• Doors will open for check-in and breakfast at 7:45 AM
• Program promptly starts at 8:15 AM
• All Keynote Speakers will be virtually livestreamed and recorded

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Preliminary Program “Sneak Peek”

Virtual Keynote Speakers

• Morning Keynote: Carla Cheatham, MA, MDiv, PhD: Resilience, how we nurture ourselves and teach our health systems what is needed
• Lunchtime Talk: Andrew MacPherson, Healthsperien LLC: Health Policy, Hot Topics in Palliative Care
• Afternoon Keynote Panel: Resilience, self-care techniques and trends
  • Danielle Faye Jonas, MSW, LCSW, PhD Candidate, Silver School of Social Work, New York University
  • Kristin Drouin, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C, Clinical Social Worker, Stem Cell Transplant Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Eleanor Frechette, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker, Pediatric Advance Care Team, Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
  • Lauren Cramer, MSW, LISCW, Clinical Social Worker, Pediatric Advance Care Team, Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute

In-Person Advanced Practitioner Sessions (Morning and Afternoon)

• Wonkey Grief and the Resiliency Toolbox, Kerri Boyer, LPCC, MA Clinical Health Counseling, Bristol Hospice Bereavement Counselor
• Moving Towards the Storm: Creating Meaning, Mastery and Resilience Through Palliative Care, Kay Adams, LCSW, Founder, Compassion Works LLC
• Compassion Fatigue: What It Is and How It Impacts Social Workers, Bre Holligan, MSW, LAC, EMDR Therapist, ADS, Center for Trauma and Resilience, supported by Nemayian Muthiora
• Resilience and Self-Care for Individuals and Organizations, Jenn Flaum, LCSW, MBA, Executive Director at HeartLight Center, Inc.
• What is Moral Injury and How is it Impacting Your Wellbeing?, Pari Shah, LCSW, MSW, PHD candidate, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Researcher of moral injury amongst clinical social workers
• Practitioners form Center for Trauma Resilience, station for attendee learning, topic TBA

Download the PCSWK Conference Program Brief for more program details!

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Attendance Cost and Options

Full Registration: $95 early bird rate (register by March 25)

Virtual Only Option: $45 early bird rate (register by March 25)

Student Rate: $25 early bird rate (register by March 25) (free for students who sign-up to volunteer before March 15)

Register Here: https://commerce.cashnet.com/MSUDenverEM_CONF

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Sponsorship Opportunities

Would your organization like to be a recognized sponsor for this event? Please contact us at [email protected] with questions and to commit to your sponsorship today!

What Are My Options?

• Community Partner Sponsorship – $200
  • Acknowledgement at the conference, on conference website, and in conference program
  • One complimentary full-conference registration
• Business Sponsorship – $500 (for-profit company) or $400 (non-profit organization)
  • Acknowledgement at the conference, on conference website, and in conference program
  • Two complimentary full-conference registrations
  • Access for a rep to attend the networking session at the end of the conference
  • One undraped six-foot table on which to display literature and sample products
  • Breakfast and lunch for the representative staffing your organization’s exhibit table
• Platinum Sponsorship – $1500
  • Short video played on the day of the conference program
  • Video included in gallery on the virtual access website
  • Acknowledgement at the conference, on conference website, and in conference program
  • Two complimentary full-conference registrations
  • Access for a rep to attend the networking session at the end of the conference
  • A post-conference attendee “blast” to all registrants sent by the PCSWK planning committee on the sponsor’s behalf
  • One undraped six-foot table on which to display literature and sample products
  • Breakfast and lunch for the representative staffing your organization’s exhibit table

Pay for your sponsorship here: https://commerce.cashnet.com/MSUDenverEM_CONF

Event Coordination done by the Student Association of Social Workers at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Proceeds will go towards student social work professional development and education.

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