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Delivering equitable care across health-diverse communities has become more challenging as the geographic and cultural landscape of practice has evolved. In this session, participants will engage in series of didactic and interactive exercises to identify barriers, of which they maybe unaware, while communicating difficult news to patients and families during serious illness. Participants will be exposed to new communication strategies that reflect cultural humility and inclusivity when confronted with death and serious illness. Lastly, participants will practice having difficult conversations by taking part in scenarios with unique attitudes, beliefs, and contexts and that will be applicable to different subspecialties in adult and pediatric medicine. This session is geared toward general PAs, as well as those practicing in hospice and palliative medicine.
Note: This session requires separate registration and has limited seating. Sign up when you register for conference.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
Identify inequities in communication during difficult conversations for complex illness
Examine and recognize self-bias and unintentional microagressions during communication of complex medical information
Apply principles of cultural humility when evaluating a patient's, or a family's, navigation through complex illness
Develop strategies to help recognize, negotiate, and support cultural perspectives for care at the end of life
