The Palliative Care & COVID-19+ Pandemic Series

This series delves into three elements of how COVID-19+ has impacted palliative care delivery: communication, acute care, and long-term care settings. You will learn practical application of palliative care delivery from practitioners on the frontline.

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This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 3 Mainpro+ Credits.

Attendee giveaway: You will be entered into a draw for a pair of AirPods for each webinar you attend. There will be a final attendee IPad giveaway at the end of the series. Each webinar you attend will give you another entry to the final draw.

Target audience: Palliative Care Teams, Family Physicians, PSWs, Long-Term Care Home Staff, Community Nurses

Note: Due to the nature of the frontline work of some of our presenters, some presentations may be prerecorded. All sessions will have live, interactive components.

All sessions will be hosted via Zoom. The link will be sent to you before the session.

Select any date to register for one or multiple sessions for free.

Caring Communication in COVID-19 and Beyond

Dr. Katherine Kortes-Miller | Thursday, March 18 2021: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Presentation and Q&A session

The COVID-19+ Pandemic places unique challenges on end-of-life care. Healthcare practitioners are using communication skills in different ways to work with patients, families, and each other. Dr. Katherine Kortes-Miller is an educator, researcher, and author who brings conversations around death and drying to the forefront.

In this interactive workshop, Dr. Kortes-Miller discusses the communication needs from patients, family, and healthcare providers to deliver and improve goals of care. This presentation also dives into the topic of compassion fatigue for healthcare staff and how we can use communication as an opportunity to take care of ourselves.

Delivering Palliative Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Planning, Implementing, and Adapting

Dr. Wendy Kennette | Tuesday, March 23: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Pre-recorded presentation & live group discussion

Dr. Wendy Kennette has delivered palliative care to COVID-19+ patients in both the local Field Hospital and in acute care settings. In this webinar, she explains the development of various symptom management order sets and discusses the challenges in delivering care in various settings.

In this presentation, Dr. Wendy Kennette also discusses the process behind Pandemic Planning for palliative care. Dr. Kennette shares insights from her work in the research and planning before COVID-19 Pandemic came to the region, as well as the barriers and challenges which presented once cases began.

Collaborative Care Delivery to Palliative COVID-19 Patients in Long-Term Care Settings

Corinne Pollard, MN/NP-PHC, CHPCN(C) and Dr. Glen Maddison | Thursday, March 25: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Presentation & live group discussions

After this presentation, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the creative ways palliative care teams were able to work collaboratively together while physically apart.
• Comprehend the challenges in delivering palliative care during a COVID-19 outbreak in LTC.
• Apply lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic Planning into their own future emergency planning for a long-term care setting.