Registration Form ASWHC 2015 Fall Conference

Arkansas Hospital Association, Little Rock or by Tandberg at the following locations:

Medical Center of South Arkansas, El Dorado St. Bernards Healthcare, Jonesboro

Friday, November 6, 2015

AGENDA

8:30 a.m. Registration/Refreshments 8:50 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

Dawn West Rosado, LCSW, ASWHC Presi-dent, Women Veterans Program Manager, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, (CAVHS) Little Rock

9:00 a.m. Palliative Care vs. Hospice

Tresa Hooks, OSW-C, ACHP-SW, Oncology/Hospice/Palliative Care, VA Bereavement Co-ordinator, CAVHS, Little Rock

Objectives: ♦ Define palliative care and hospice ♦ Identify the differences and understand the relationship

between palliative care and hospice

10:00 a.m. Break 10:15 a.m. Grief, Loss and Bereavement

Tresa Hooks, OSW-C, ACHP-SW, Oncology/ Hospice/Palliative Care, VA Bereavement Co-

ordinator, CAVHS, Little Rock Objectives: ♦ Define loss, grief and bereavement ♦ Provide three interventions to facilitate grief/bereavement ♦ Identify two strategies to prevent compassion fatigue

11:15 a.m. Lunch and Sponsor Presentations

12:00 noon Ethical Issues in Inpatient Medicine Vikki Dahmen-Jones, LCSW, Social Worker Supervisor, CAVHS, Little Rock Carol Holiman, LCSW, Social Worker, CAVHS, Little Rock

Objectives: ♦ List one or more ethical issues for each case narrative ♦ Describe the social work role in each case narrative ♦ Identify one personal bias they have that might influence

their ethical decision-making

1:30 p.m. Break 1:45 p.m. Ethical Issues in Inpatient Medicine Con-

tinues 3:15 p.m. Wrap-Up, Prize Drawings & Adjourn-

ment FACULTY Vikki Dahmen-Jones, LCSW r eceived her master s of Social Work in 1982 from the University of Washington. She has had a varied career in the field of social work to include: program director of Olympic Mental Health in Everett, Washington, director of operations of Arkansas CARES with UAMS Department of Psychiatry, manager of Mid-Arkansas Substance Abuse Services and social work supervisor for Inpatient Medicine and education coordinator for social work service at CAVHS. In her current position as social work supervisor she serves vet-erans with medical illnesses, she also supervises a team of inpatient medicine social workers who offer services for our country’s veterans. As education coordinator for social work service at CAVHS, she chairs the education committee, coordinates the quarterly social work educa-tion meetings and manages the Masters Level Social Work Internship Program. Carol Holiman, LCSW received her master s of Social Work in 1981 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She started her social work career as a social work intern at CAVHS from 1980-1981 and was hired on per-manently in 1984. Carol has had a productive and ful-filling 30 year career at CAVHS with experience in long-term psychiatry unit, acute psychiatry unit, oncology, geriatric rehab, geriatric outpatient clinic, acting coordi-nator of CAVHS adult day healthcare and now inpatient medicine. She has also been a social work field instructor to 20 social work interns during her career. Tresa Hooks, OSW-C, ACHP-SW has worked at CAVHS for 20 years. She is a palliative care social work-er and CAVHS bereavement coordinator. Tresa serves as the psychosocial representative for the CAVHS hospital cancer committee. She is a trainer for VA End of Life Nursing Education Consortium. She has certifications in oncology, end of life, hospice and palliative care.

WHAT: Arkansas Social Workers in Health Care (ASWHC) 2015 Fall Conference

WHEN: Friday, November 6, 2015

WHERE: Select One ____ Arkansas Hospital Association Live work-

shop, 419 Natural Resources Dr., Little Rock

____ Medical Center of South Arkansas Telecon-ference (Tandberg), Women’s Center Con-ference Room, 700 Grove St., El Dorado

____ St. Bernards Healthcare Teleconference (Tandberg), Education Class Room in the Annex, 225 E. Jackson, Jonesboro

REGISTRATION: ____ $25 Student of Social Work ____ $65 ASWHC Member ____ $90 Non-ASWHC Member ____ $100 Register/Join ASWHC

PERSON ATTENDING:

_____________________________________________ Name

_____________________________________________ Title

_____________________________________________ Hospital/Institution

_____________________________________________ Mailing Address

_____________________________________________ City, State & Zip

_____________________________________________ Phone Fax

_____________________________________________ E-Mail Address

MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: Arkansas Social Workers in Health Care (ASWHC) Credit Cards are not accepted.

PLEASE REGISTER (by mail or fax) ASWHC, 419 Natural Resources Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 Telephone #501-224-7878 Fax #501-224-0519

An affiliate of

2015 Fall Conference

Arkansas Hospital Association (Live) 419 Natural Resources Drive

Little Rock

or by Teleconference (Tandberg)

Medical Center of South Arkansas, Women’s Center Conference Room

700 Grove Street, El Dorado

St. Bernards Healthcare Education Class Room in the Annex

225 E. Jackson, Jonesboro

November 6, 2015

Arkansas Social Workers

in Health Care

SPONSORS Please see the sponsor program at the conference.

HOTEL INFORMATION The Arkansas Hospital Association has made arrange-ments with nearby hotels for reduced rates on over-night stays. Please see information accompanying this program brochure.

DIRECTIONS TO HOST FACILITIES The live conference will be held at the Arkansas Hos-pital Association, 419 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock. For directions, visit www.arkhospitals.org/about

Teleconferences will be held at the following loca-tions via Tandberg:

Medical Center of South Arkansas, 700 Grove St., El Dorado, inside the Women’s Center Conference Room. The conference center is located on the back side of the hospital.

St. Bernards Healthcare, 225 E. Jackson, Jones- boro in the Education Class Room in the Annex.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Comfort Level: Although every effor t is made to have a comfortable temperature in the meeting room, we realize that everyone’s comfort level is different. Please bring a jacket in case the room is too cool for your comfort.

CONTINUING EDUCATION All attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance for clock hours.

CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY If cancellations are received in writing after October 30, 2015, 50% of the registration fee is refundable. Registrants who cancel the day of the program or fail to attend, must pay the entire fee. Registrants unable to attend may send an alternate. If the alternate is not a member, the non-member registration fee will be re-quired.

QUESTIONS Please contact Anna Sroczynski, ASHWC Liaison, asroczynski@arkhospitals.org or 501-224-7878.