Upcoming SessionsStudent sessions are free and open to all. No CEs are provided for student sessions but we can provide a Certificate of Completion to those who request it. Please send an email to [email protected]. Register here. Join us for one-hour introductory sessions about the growing field of hospice and palliative care, as well as the social worker role within the interdisciplinary team. Also, find out how to access the benefits of joining the Social Work of Hospice and Palliative Care Network (SWHPN).
REGISTER HEREPast SessionsTips For Finding a Job During the PandemicAs social work students continue to navigate virtual placements and learning, the SWHPN Student Committee offered a free session for students on how to find a job during challenging times. Topics we covered included:
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Watch this interactive session with Chris Onderdonk, LCSW, APHSW-C and Julia Cain, NP, AHPN-C, of the Doris A. Howell Palliative Care Service at UC San Diego Hillcrest Hospital for tips and strategies for facilitating a good family meeting - as well as what NOT to do!
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Vickie Leff, LCSW, BCD, APHSW-C and Stephanie Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, ACHP-SW hosted a one-hour Q-and-A on "What is Hospice and Palliative Care?" aimed at helping social work students learn more about the field. This was an open conversation format where students could ask questions and find resources.Topics covered included:
After moving to North Carolina and spending time raising her two kids, she re-entered the clinical social work workforce at WakeMed Acute Rehab Hospital in Raleigh, working with stroke patients and families. But, when a position became open for the first Palliative Care Clinical Social Worker at Duke, she jumped at the chance and was in that position from 2012 to 2019. Since November 2019 she has been working as a clinical social worker at Duke HomeCare and Hospice. She is also currently an an Adjunct Instructor at the UNC Graduate School of Social Work, Chapel Hill. Vickie serves as the Co-Editor of the Journal of End of Life & Palliative Social Work, Practice Concepts and Innovations Section. Vickie is published in Health Affairs, as well as the Journal of End of Life & Palliative Social Work. She served on the SWHPN Board of Directors for a number of years, initiating their Mentorship program, and other educational activities. In addition to being a LCSW and BCD, she is APHSW-Certified.
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Abigail Latimer, LCSW, APHSW-C and Anna Bullard, LCSW presented a session for students on Strategizing for Success: Making the Most of Your Field Placement.Topics covered included:
Abbie attended the University of Kentucky where she earned a bachelor's in Psychology and a masters in Social Work; and is currently a doctoral candidate with the University of Kentucky College of Social Work. She began her clinical social work practice with hospice, providing services at home and the inpatient setting, as well as bereavement counseling for children, adults, groups, and parents experiencing perinatal loss. She transitioned her practice to the community setting as an outpatient psychotherapist with a focus on adolescent and adult substance use disorders. She specialized in counseling persons with addiction who were receiving medication assisted treatment in recovery. Most recently, Abbie served as the palliative care clinical social worker on the adult Palliative Care Team at the University of Kentucky. She holds an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Social Work credential and is an active member of the Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network, the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work, and the Gerontology Society of America. Her research interests are moral distress in healthcare professionals and advanced serious illnesses in older adults.
WATCH THE RECORDINGCathy Berkman, PhD, MSW, Professor and Director of the Palliative Care Fellowship Program at Fordham University; Cyndi Hovland, PhD, MSSW, Associate Professor and MSW Program Coordinator at Cleveland State University, and Monica Singh, current MSW student at Cleveland State University led a conversation on what current BSW students should know about getting an MSW.Topics covered included:
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