Title: Hospice & Palliative Care Practical Application for Inpatient Medicine

Speaker: Brandon Gardner, DO

Objectives:

1. Identify the difference between hospice and palliative care
2. Explain the process of hospice referral
3.  Know how hospice reimbursement works
4. Measure the financial impact of inpatient palliative care
5. Navigate the ethics of end-of-life care
6. Become familiar with Advance Directive and the difference between Surrogacy vs MPOA
7. Sample questions

Date: August 23, 2024

Title:  Women and the art of networking: Cultivating your professional relationships 

Speaker: Guadalupe Federico-Martinez, PhD

Objectives: 

1. Understand the terms: network, networking, and associated benefits for career progression in academic medicine. 
2. Analyze the misconceptions, current trends, and challenges in networking practices for women in medicine and even further, women of color in medicine. 
3. Apply practical recommendations for icebreaking, re-starting, and managing network relationships. 

Date: September 6, 2024

Title: Navigating Emotional Labor: The Experience of Women of Color Professionals at Medical Schools

Speaker: Raquel Hernandez Givens, PhD

Objectives:

1. Define Emotional Labor – Explore the concept of emotional labor and its intersection with race and gender, specifically within the context of U.S. medical schools.
2. Identify the Challenges – Discuss the unique challenges women of color professionals face, such as microaggressions, racialized emotions, and the pressure to contribute to DEI initiatives.
3. Examine Coping Strategies – Highlight how women of color in leadership navigate emotional labor and how these strategies reflect broader organizational dynamics in medical schools.
4. Propose Systemic Solutions – Offer recommendations to medical schools on how to formally recognize and address the emotional labor performed by women of color professionals, including policy changes and support mechanisms.

Date: September 13, 2024

Title: The Stories We Tell: Narrative Medicine in the Patient Physician Relationship

Speaker: Christina Gomez, MD

Objectives:

1. Reviewing the past and present call to the science and art of medicine. 
2. Recognizing the diagnostic and therapeutic role in listening to patients. 
3. Introduction to Narrative Medicine and its effect to both patient and physician. 

Date: September 20, 2024