In conjunction with this year's Annual Meeting, INPCS will be offering three pre-conference workshops on Tuesday, September 12th. These workshops are optional and registration fees are in addition to Annual Meeting registration fees. More information about each workshop is below.
EPEC-N Train the Trainer Conference
Time: 8:30am-5:00pm
Description: This pre-conference workshop will provide attendees with the skills necessary to effectively utilize the Education in Palliative and End of Life Care in Neurology (EPEC-N) toolkit. Sessions will focus on neuropalliative care essential skills as well as techniques for teaching palliative care topics to others.
Intended Audience: Physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, chaplains, nurses, and all providers caring for neurology patients
Registration Fees: $250 in-person / $125 virtual
How to Register: This conference requires a separate registration from the INPCS 2023 Annual Meeting. Please click here to visit the EPEC-N Train the Trainer event information page for more details or to register (opens in new window).
Writing Workshop - "Narrative Neuropalliative Care: Workshop in Writing and Reading Skills in Clinical Care"
Instructor(s): Rita Charon, Jocelyn Jiao
Time: 8:30am-5:00pm
Description: In this interactive writing workshop, we will present core principles and practices of narrative writing in health care settings. We will discuss and demonstrate fundamental writing and creative skills that are needed for effective written communication. The workshop will combine very close readings of literary, visual, and clinical texts, intensive spontaneous writing exercises, sharing of writing in small groups, and longer form writing on participant-chosen topics. Keeping in mind the goals of such writing, we will discuss confidentiality and privacy as they influence patients, institutions, interdisciplinary teams, and the writers themselves. Finally, we will talk about ways to build one’s writing skill toward the wherewithal to write with skill, purpose, and ethicality in neuropalliative care.
Intended Audience: Anyone interested in using writing as a tool to promote neuropalliative care, interdisciplinary collaboration, or personal self-care by improving their writing skills.
Registration Fees: $99 INPCS member / $199 non-member
How to Register: Registration for this workshop is included in the registration form for the INPCS Annual Meeting, which can be accessed by clicking here.
Patient/Carepartner Workshop - "Building Advocacy and Activist Skills to Get Neuropalliative Care For You, Your Loved Ones, and Your Community"
Instructor(s): We are working with patient advocacy organizations, including the Davis Phinney Foundation, Parkinson's Foundation, and National Brain Tumor Society, to identify their best advocacy trainers. Specific faculty will be announced by late Spring/early Summer.
Time: 8:30am-5:00pm
Description: In this workshop we will discuss practical strategies and skills to get neuropalliative care. In the first half of this workshop, the focus will be on how to work with members of your or your loved one’s healthcare team to incorporate a neuropalliative care approach, to honor your values, to address issues that are important to you, and to connect you to specialist palliative care when indicated. In the second half of the workshop, we will focus on advocacy to help promote the practice, accessibility and quality of neuropalliative care more broadly including community education, participation in research, and political advocacy.
Intended Audience: Patients, family carers, and advocates
Registration Fees: $49 INPCS member / $99 non-member
How to Register: Registration for this workshop is included in the registration form for the INPCS Annual Meeting, which can be accessed by clicking here.
