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SUMMARY:Overview of the New York State Medical Aid in Dying Law
DESCRIPTION:Completion of this class will result in the receipt of two and one-half (2.5) continuing education hours. \nThe first class in this series will introduce New York Public Health Law Article 28-F (effective 8-5-26)\, the recently enacted New York State statute that legalizes medical aid in dying (MAID). The New York State Bar Association MAID Task Force history and final report and recommendations will be reviewed\, and a snapshot of experience in other states where medical aid in dying has been legalized will be provided. Key provisions of the MAID law will be delineated\, including who is a qualifying patient under the law; the steps of the request process; the mandatory mental health evaluation; and institutional policy development. The place of MAID in the palliative and end-of-life care continuum will also be explicated\, and recommendations for the design and dissemination of interprofessional MAID education and training discussed.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/overview-of-the-new-york-state-medical-aid-in-dying-law/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Sliding Doors: Exploring Transitions as Threshold Moments
DESCRIPTION:Completion of this class will result in the receipt of two (2) continuing education hours. \nThe mission and values of social workers practicing in healthcare and palliative care can be overshadowed in systems where administrative pressures\, changing health status and evolving goals invite or force transitions of varied kinds: from health to illness; from one setting to another; and from life to death. Transitions impact patients and families and often staff\, many of whom have not contributed to these decisions. Transitions can also reflect inequity and biases\, often unrecognized yet contributing to clinician distress and unarticulated harms. \nThe goal of this class is to explore the therapeutic opportunities implicit in the pivotal moments in transitions. We will use the diagnoses of cancer and dementia and the intensive care and hospice settings to discuss the opportunities and challenges faced during varied transitions\, \nAs social workers\, we participate in and translate systems issues to patients and families and deepen these discussions with colleagues by sharing information about the history\, culture and needs of individual patients and families that brings unique meaning to transitions. We will present transitions as part of the larger tapestry of patient\, family\, and clinician experience where we might see therapeutic opportunities that change transitions from an event\, chosen or not\, to a threshold experience of meaning. \nWe will integrate Aaron Antonovsky’s theory of coherence\, and Milton Erickson’s therapeutic messaging as useful constructs to offer additional structure and clinical awareness to how we view and engage with transitions and introduce cognitive transformation and response shift as constructs that complicate and enrich care over time.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/sliding-doors-exploring-transitions-as-threshold-moments/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:New York State Medical Aid in Dying: Implementation Experience at Four Months
DESCRIPTION:Completion of this class will result in the receipt of two (2) continuing education hours. \nThis is the second class in the series on Medical Aid in Dying in NY State. It begins with a very brief review of the New York Public Health Law Article 28-F (effective 8-5-26). The implementation experience at four months will be reviewed\, including progress on workforce education and training across professions\, including social work\, medicine\, nursing and psychology. A focus on the place of MAID in the palliative and end-of-life care continuum will be discussed\, including an explanation of the requirement that patients be informed of their rights to palliative care and hospice. Experience of decision making and the request process will be reviewed. The social work role in addressing family conflict will be addressed. Issues relevant to hospice and facility setting contexts will be discussed. Challenges encountered to date based upon available knowledge and data and strategies that may address such challenges will also be covered.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/new-york-state-medical-aid-in-dying-implementation-experience-at-four-months/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T173000
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Curiosity in Chronic Illness Care
DESCRIPTION:Completion of this class will result in the receipt of two and one-half (2.5) continuing education hours. \nAs treatments advance\, more people are living longer with serious illnesses that in the past would have resulted in significantly limited lifespans. This interactive class will invite us to explore the impact of how illnesses that even recently might have been perceived as a “death sentence” might now be “managed” as a “chronic illness” requires adjustments for all parties – patients\, their care partners\, families\, and clinicians. Living with the knowledge that treatments may be needed for years (or perhaps decades)\, and that any “twinge” may be an early indicator of progression can challenge even the most resilient. Health social workers play an important role in normalizing concerns\, managing expectations\, exploring the influence of culture\, supporting adaptive coping\, and in identifying resources to address the impact of social drivers on health. Yet\, unfortunately\, these are precisely the patients most likely to be missed with our referral “triggers.” We’ll discuss the importance of comprehensive screening\, assessments and the cultivation of curiosity in chronic illness care so that we might better serve this vulnerable population.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/cultivating-curiosity-in-chronic-illness-care/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Networking and Career
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270412T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270412T180000
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SUMMARY:Medical Aid in Dying in New York State: Implementation Experience at Eight Months
DESCRIPTION:Completion of this class will result in the receipt of two (2) continuing education hours. \nThis is the third and final class in the Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) series. It will review the experience of implementing the law at the eight-month point. Challenges encountered on the ground across settings and communities will be presented\, along with next steps for addressing these challenges. Experience of people with intellectual disabilities will be discussed. Risks of structural coercion will be discussed in the contexts of institutional settings such as correctional care facilities\, nursing facilities\, and psychiatric centers. Equity and social justice issues\, in both palliative care and MAID\, will also be discussed.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/medical-aid-in-dying-in-new-york-state-implementation-experience-at-eight-months/
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CATEGORIES:Lectures,Networking and Career
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