CEUs

"This course explains the role and value rehabilitation therapy professionals provide in [hospice and palliative care] settings. Case scenarios focusing on evaluation and treatment are provided, allowing therapy professionals to gain the knowledge to begin treating patients enrolled in hospice and palliative care in various environments."

(excerpt from ReliasAcademy.com)

"This module addresses the role of physical, occupational, and speech-language pathology professionals in providing palliative and end-of-life care for individuals with advanced dementia. The learner will understand how to interact more effectively, prevent complications, provide caregiver training, and set appropriate goals."

(excerpt from ReliasAcademy.com)

"This course introduces learners to the roles and responsibilities of occupational therapy professionals practicing in a hospice setting. Approaches to treatment and key conversations to have with patients will be discussed."

(excerpt from ReliasAcademy.com)

"This course will enhance OT practitioners’ knowledge regarding the role that occupational therapy plays to maintain function, regain ones’ occupational identity, reduce symptoms, and provide caregiver education for the terminally ill and/or end-of-life client. This course will also provide examples through case studies demonstrating how occupational therapy intervention is beneficial in facilitating quality of life at the end of one’s life, as well as illuminate how the profession is vastly underutilized."

(excerpt from OccupationalTherapy.com/ot-ceus)

"Learn about open-ended communication techniques, including specific questions, to help open dialog with patients and their families, and gain a clear understanding of what rehabilitation can offer those at the end of their life. (Trigger warning: discussions of death, dying, sickness, and old age will occur during this session)"

(excerpt from OccupationalTherapy.com/ot-ceus)

The HFA Self-Study Program CE library offerings address a wide range of topics relating to hospice and palliative care that are infrequently addressed elsewhere. Such topics include (but are not limited to):

• Cumulative Grief in the Black Community

• Ethical Issues in Providing LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care

• Intimacy and Sexuality During Illness and Loss

• Moral Distress in Healthcare in the Wake of COVID-19

• Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care: Overview, Opportunities, and Challenges 

• Supporting Disenfranchised Grievers

Also available from HFA is a library of free programs that are not eligible for continuing education credit, but address equally interesting topics that are similarly underrepresented elsewhere.

Unfortunately, HFA's CE courses are not accredited by AOTA. Verify with your state governing body that these hours are eligible CEUs. Courses target a range of hospice workers.

The Metropolitan Jewish Health System (MJHS) Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care offers a rich library of continuing education webinars and modules, both live and on demand, the majority of which are free. Similar to HFA (see above), the MJHS offerings cover a broad range of topics that are infrequently addressed elsewhere. The following webinars are all free to access and are examples of some of the covered topics:

• Culturally Relevant Pain Assessment and Management

• Culture: End-of-Life Care Through a Cultural Lens

• LGBTQ: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Health Record

• Palliative Sedation: Medical, Ethical, and Legal Issues

• Pediatric Palliative Care

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in End-of-Life Care

• Role of Medical Cannabis for the Seriously Ill

• Trauma-Informed Care: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Holocaust Survivors Facing the End of Life

Also available from MJHS:

• Palliative care professional factsheets (15 topics)

• Patient education handouts (18 topics, translated into 6 languages)

Unfortunately, HFA's CE courses are not accredited by AOTA. Verify with your state governing body that these hours are eligible CEUs. Courses target medical providers, nursing, social work, and music therapy.