Training Details
Training Modules
- Overview and Social Determinants of Health: African American Perspectives on Health, Living and Dying
- Comprehensive Patient Evaluation
- Grief & Bereavement
- Hospice Care: Contemporary Challenges and Best Practices
- Culturally Appropriate Communication
- Pain Assessment and Treatment in a Complex Subjective World
- Spirituality in End-of-Life Care
- Patient-Centered Decision Making
Who Should Attend
Health care professionals and other caregivers working with African American patients and families facing serious and life-limiting illnesses in hospitals, hospices, outpatient clinics, nursing homes, and office-based settings:
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Social workers
- Pharmacists
- Chaplains & other clergy
- Psychologists
- Counselors
- Hospital & hospice administrators
- Family caregivers
Learning Objectives
At the end of the APPEAL training, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the cultural beliefs, values and traditions of African Americans which may impact end-of-life care.
- Describe the impact of racial disparities throughout the health care continuum (diagnosis to death) and their relevance to the experience of African Americans at life's end.
- Discuss barriers to quality care for African Americans with advanced serious illness and develop strategies to improve the care of American Americans at life's end.
- Demonstrate basic competencies in the comprehensive evaluation of African Americans facing life-limiting illness, including assessment and management of physical, social, emotional, and spiritual suffering across health care settings-ambulatory care, acute hospital care, and community-based hospice care.
- Demonstrate strategies for effective communication with patients and families at the end of life which respect individual and cultural beliefs, values and preferences.
- Demonstrate strategies for working effectively with an interdisciplinary team and describe the unique and complementary role of each team member in the care of African Americans with life-limiting illness across health care settings.
Training Methods
APPEAL makes use of a wide spectrum of teaching modalities, including text, PowerPoint slides, interactive activities and a DVD of first-hand accounts from African American patients and care providers describing their experiences in multiple health care settings.
