Pediatric Palliative Care Pearls for Adult Hospice and Palliative Care Providers 

Sponsored by Coleman Palliative Medicine Training Program &
Greater Illinois Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition (GIPPCC)

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PRESENTERS:

Elisha Waldman, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL

Meggan Mikal, CPNP, APN
Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL

DESCRIPTION:

Build Your Toolkit!     Learn the pearls of practice for Adult Hospice and Palliative Medicine Providers who may be asked to help with a pediatric patient in the community setting or during transition of care as a child ages out of pediatric palliative care.   And how to collaborate with pediatric teams to build competencies and confidence in caring for kids.

OBJECTIVES:
• Identify situations when adult providers might be called upon to provide pediatric care
•Learn key interventions for pain & symptom management of pediatric-specific issues
• Understand how developmental stages & underlying conditions impact issues around communication and decision making for pediatric families
• Describe important legal issues that impact provision of care for children & young adults in hospice & palliative medicine