September 22- 26, 2009:
National Hospice and Palliative Care Org's 10th Clinical Team Conference
Soaring to New Heights in Interdisciplinary Care

About the Conference

The 10th Clinical Team Conference and related educational offerings will provide an opportunity for hospice and palliative care providers and professionals to learn about programs and professionals who are “soaring to new heights” in exceptional care, innovative service, increased access, community engagement, quality assessment, performance improvement, interdisciplinary team function and related areas of excellence.

Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell will present 'Creating Contemplative Care Programs with Hospices and Palliative Care Departments' to the forum.

Conference Objectives

The Clinical Team Conference (CTC), Scientific Symposium (SS), Facility-Based Hospice Forum (FHF) and Pediatric Intensive will offer extensive and intensive basic (for the novice), intermediate (for the competent) and advanced (for the expert) educational sessions that will address a wide variety of topics, providing the opportunity for attendees to:

• Identify best practices in advanced pain and symptom management;
• Determine best practices in medical, psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement care at the end of life;
• Identify innovative programs, practices and approaches to end-of-life care;
• Advance competencies related to physical, psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement aspects of clinical care at the end of life;
• Define best practices in interdisciplinary care and team function;
• Assess the quality of their programs, practices and care;
• Improve access, care and outcomes of hospice and palliative care provided in diverse settings and to diverse populations;
• Discuss regulatory requirements and approaches to ensure compliance;
• Review current research and the application of outcomes to practice and care delivery;
• Discuss innovative models of providing facility-based hospice care;
• Promote quality hospice and palliative care for children and their families;
• Strengthen networking among hospice professionals.

Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He serves as the Director of Training for the Center’s Buddhist Contemplative Care Programs. He is a ACPE Chaplain Supervisory Resident. Koshin is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. He is a co-founder of the Buddhist Psychotherapy Collective. Koshin is currently a Jungian Analyst Candidate at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association. He is the Co-Director of Contemplative Care Services for the Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. Koshin began Zen practice over twenty years ago, and he is a Senior Soto Zen Buddhist Priest, at the Village Zendo. He gives plenary addresses, workshops and retreats on contemplative based approaches to leadership and care, and meditation in a variety of settings from corporations to national healthcare conferences.

Robert Chodo Campbell, HHC, is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He serves on the Core Faculty for the Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Programs. Chodo is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. He is Co-Director of Contemplative Care Services for the Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. Chodo brings his life experience and his Zen and psychoanalytic study to his teachings in the areas of: anxiety and depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and contemplative approaches to care. He began formal Zen training in 1994 and currently he is a Soto Zen Buddhist Priest, at Village Zendo. He gives plenary addresses, workshops and retreats in a variety of settings from corporations to national healthcare conferences.