Project Details
Principal Investigator (PI)
Summary
Palliative Care strives to mitigate the totality of suffering in the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual domains of people living with serious illness. The optimal care of such complex patients requires the integration of multiple healthcare providers and many technical skills. Among the most challenging skills to teach or acquire are experiential and collaborative approaches to care, self-reflection, and self-care.
To address this challenge, we are offering a unique six-part art museum-based curriculum designed to foster core palliative care clinical competencies including reflective practice, self-awareness, and interprofessional and team communication.
Course Details
Session Location(s)
- Michael C. Carlos Museum on the Emory University Campus
- High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia
Dates
January – June 2020
Course Content and facilitators
The course will address perception, attention, empathy, communication, implicit bias, resiliency with Emory University faculty and Michael C. Carlos Museum and High Museum docents/staff acting as facilitators.
Course Goals
The intention is to strengthen and support these aforementioned skills – particularly resiliency – to decrease the risk of burnout among our learners.
Who can attend?
The course is open to all interested Emory faculty, students, and staff, but preference is given to physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, and Theology at Emory who are dedicated to caring for an increasingly aging and chronically ill American population.