Save the Dates
Saying “The Four Things that Matter Most”
- Dr. Ira Byock
- Sunday, October 7
- 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
- Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
This event is free and open to the public.
Registration information forthcoming.
Professional Conference – “Providing the Best Care Possible”
- Monday, October 8
- 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
- Keynote Presentation: “The Best Care Possible: Clinical and Cultural Leadership in the 21st Century” by Dr. Ira Byock
Registration information forthcoming.
Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM is a leading palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care through the end of life.
He is Founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Institute for Human Caring of Providence Health and Services based in Torrance, CA.
Dr. Byock is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Community & Family Medicine (Active) at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He served as Director of Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire from 2003 through July 2013.
Byock’s first book, Dying Well, (1997) has become a standard in the field of hospice and palliative care. The Four Things That Matter Most, (2004) is used as a counseling tool widely by palliative care and hospice programs, as well as within pastoral care. His most recent book, The Best Care Possible, (March 2012) tackles the crisis that surrounds serious illness and dying in America and his quest to transform care through the end of life. It has been praised by the Wall Street Journal, the Economist and other major publications, and won the Annual Books for a Better Life Award in the category of Wellness.
These events are being held in collaboration with the UNESCO City of Literature’s Iowa City Book Festival, Iowa City Hospice, University of Iowa Health Care, and additional community partners.
Additional Educational Opportunities:
Respecting Choices First Steps® Certification
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Purpose: To assist participants in learning effective communication and interview skills for person-centered ACP facilitation.
Intended Audience: Health care professionals and community health leaders
Respecting Choices Last Steps® Certification
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Purpose: To help participants learn the skills necessary to initiate IPOST conversations with the frail and elderly and people affected by a terminal illness or chronic critical medical condition, assist in making informed health care decisions, create written documents, and improve the effectiveness of the IPOST paradigm.
Intended Audience: Health care professionals
14.9 CEUs (which includes eight online modules). Cost: $189.
For further information, please contact Jane Dohrmann at jane.dohrmann@iowacityhospice.org or 319-351-5665.