SIS: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Justice: Navigating Culturally Humble, Serious Illness Conversations

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.