The Role of the Music Therapist as an Essential Part of the Hospice Team
The Role of the Music Therapist as an Essential Part of the Hospice Team is organized by MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care.
Release Date: May 28, 2020
Expiration Date: September 19, 2022 (for creative art therapists, physicians, and non-physicians); April 17, 2024 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)
Purpose:
This webinar will discuss how music therapy interventions can reinforce and enhance the efforts of other hospice team members in accomplishing shared goals for patient-centered care. This course is designed for primary care providers, nurse practitioners, palliative care specialists, pain specialists, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, allied health professionals, fellows, residents, creative art therapists, and medical students.
Objectives:
• Define music therapy as a clinical, evidenced-based profession essential to hospice care
• Recognize common issues and symptoms in hospice patients, across all domains, which music therapy can address
• Understand music therapy interventions commonly used in hospice care, and how they may evolve over the continuum of care and as patients decline