CareFirst offers professional education for you and your staff focused on palliative care, hospice and many end-of-life issues. This is available to you completely free of charge.
The presentation of this education is flexible to best meet your needs. We can do anything from one-on-one meetings to large group presentations. We are available to meet with your patients, their families, your office staff, and facility staff.
Some possible topics for education are listed here. However, if you do not see the topic of your interest, please let us know and, if possible, we will tailor our training to meet your needs. If you are interested in setting something up, just give the Provider Relations Team a call at 607.962.3100
Education Topics Available:
- End-of-Life Care
- Diagnosis-Specific Hospice Programming
- Hospice in the Hospital Setting
- Hospice in Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Hospice in Residential Care
- Palliative Care
- Pediatric Palliative Care and Hospice
- Coping with Grief
- How to Ease Difficult Conversations with Patients and Families
- Palliative Care Information Law
- Advance Directives
- Hospice Eligibility
- Care Giver Burnout and Grief
- Shadowing a Hospice Clinician in the Field
- Other topics as suggested by you and your team