Professional Education
The Institute accomplishes much on the educational front to promote end-of-life care among nursing students and health care professionals. To date, the Institute has:
Developed Death and Dying Course. The course is open to all students at Marquette University.
- Developed a continuing education module within the Death and Dying course entitled Grief Work.
- Hosted presentations at regional and local conferences, including the Good Death presentation delivered at the spring 2003 Sinai Annual Geriatric Conference in Milwaukee.
- Developed and presented education sessions from 2003 to the present at the annual End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) sponsored by Aurora Health Care.
- Hosted three colloquia featuring nationally recognized experts in end-of-life care. Speakers and event dates included:
- William Lamers,MD, a medical consultant with the Hospice Association of America (April 2003);
- Ardith Doorenbos,PhD, RN, a post-doctoral fellow at Michigan Sate University specializing in end-of-life care (April 2004); and
- Karin T. Kirchhoff, PhD, RN, FAAN, Rodefer Chair and Professor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, national expert of end-of-life care (May 2005).
- Developed core curriculum on culture and end-of-life care for nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and advanced practice nurse who are affiliated with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Organization.