Webinars: Information and Schedule
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The Institute is offering webinars on the following 'hot topics' as another educational opportunity to advance the practice of patient- and family-centered care. Generally an hour and a half, webinars include presentations by Institute faculty members, followed by the opportunity for participants to ask questions and discuss the topic. Register and invite your colleagues to sit in on a webinar—you may have as many people in the room with you on a webinar for just one registration price of $249 (per call-in line). Pinwheel Sponsors call the Institute to receive the reduced rate of $199 per call-in line.
Please let us know if you have a specific topic of interest as we expand our webinar series.
February 2012 Webinars
Creating a Patient and Family Advisory Council—Getting Started
February 7, 2012 — Register Now
7:00-8:30 pm (EST)
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Participants will discuss how to create a patient and family advisory council for your hospital or health care organization. Developing partnerships with patients and families as advisors is a good investment for your organization.
Enhancing the Collaborative Process: Preparing, Supporting, and Mentoring Staff and Patient and Family Advisors to Advance Patient- and Family-Centered Care
February 9, 2012 — Register Now
4:00-5:30 pm (EDT)
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The hallmark of health care organizations that have achieved leadership in patient- and family-centered care is the ability to consistently integrate the shared perspective of patients, families, and staff. This webinar focuses on the how-to's of the collaborative process: strategies on how to prepare patient and family advisors, as well as staff, to be effective collaborators and to move from sharing perspectives to action and implementation.
Developing Patient- and Family-Centered Peer Support Programs
February 16, 2012 — Register Now
4:00-5:30 pm (EDT)
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Join this webinar to learn about peer support models and methods of delivery. Evidence-based practices in peer support will be shared, and strategies for implementing a successful peer support program will be discussed.
Implementing a Patient and Family Faculty Program to Strengthen a Patient- and Family-Centered Culture
February 21, 2011 — Register Now
4:00-5:30 pm (EDT)
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Understanding the patient and family experience is critical to advancing a patient- and family-centered culture and ensuring the safest and highest quality of care. Patient and Family Faculty programs provide a professional forum for patients and families to share their perspectives as part of the curriculum for staff training. Learn how to recruit and train Patient and Family Faculty to use their personal stories as valued teachable moments as well as how to evaluate a Patient and Family Faculty program.
March 2012 Webinars
Advanced Session: Sustaining and Enhancing Your Patient and Family Advisory Council
March 6, 2012 — Registration Coming Soon
1:00-2:30 pm (EDT)
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Join this webinar to learn how to sustain and enhance your patient and family advisory council. Explore common barriers and effective strategies for overcoming them, discuss ways to avoid pitfalls, identify effective strategies for sustaining success and momentum, and learn strategies to re-energize a council.
Collaborating with Youth and Families to Create Successful Transitions to Adult Health Care
March 8, 2012 — Registration Coming Soon
1:00-2:30 pm (EDT)
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This webinar will identify and describe promising practices and practical methods for preparing adolescents and their families for the move to adult care and for working with adult-oriented providers. Content will include lessons learned in pediatric primary settings, care coordination strategies, mechanisms for integrating transition into the patient- and family-centered medical home model and examples of useful resource materials, including checklists, measurement tools, training materials, and tip sheets.
Patient and Family Involvement in Change of Shift Report
March 28, 2012 — Registration Coming Soon
1:00-2:30 pm (EDT)
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Bringing nurse change of shift report to the bedside is integral to enhancing patient safety. Yet, discussion of the patient with the patient and/or family present raises several challenges for the nursing staff. The webinar will identify benefits to patient and/or family inclusion in nurse change of shift report and explore strategies to support patient and/or family involvement in nurse change of shift report.
April 2012 Webinars
Enhancing Patient- and Family-Centered Communication Skills at the Bedside and Beyond—from Principles to Practice
April 12, 2012 — Registration Coming Soon
1:00-2:30 pm (EDT)
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This webinar will provide tools and techniques to enhance your communication skills—whether you find yourself with patients and family members at the bedside as a clinician, or as a patient trying to get information at the doctor's office, or as an administrator proposing change in a leadership meeting.
