Professional and Student Education
An important part of our mission is to provide education to students and professionals regarding all aspects of palliative care, hospice care, grief and loss. If you are in school to prepare for a healthcare career or are currently working in healthcare and are interested in having Hospice of Northwest Ohio provide education for your group, please contact our community education team at 419-931-5200 or communityoutreach@hospicenwo.org.
We currently work with the following professional and student groups:
Professionals
Mercy Palliative Care Fellowship
University of Toledo Community Health Project (Summer Medical Student Volunteerism Program)
Students
Bowsher High School
Bowling Green State University
Lourdes University
Mercy College
Ohio University
Owens Community College
Professional Skills Institute
University of Toledo
The Dr. Sharon Erel Lecture Series
We also are proud to present the highly praised and anticipated Dr. Sharon Erel Lecture, which provides education and insight on a variety of topics related to end-of-life care. As of 2024 we have transitioned to a lecture series, with sessions to be held four times per year Watch for information to be emailed out and posted on our social media prior to each session.Topics and speakers have included:
Ann Berger, MD – Pain Management
Ira Byock, MD – The Best Care Possible
Dennis McCullough, MD – Slow Medicine: The Compassionate Approach to Caring for Our Elders
George Bonanno, PhD – Loss, Trauma and Resilience
A local panel of experts – Applying Everyday Ethics to End-of-Life Decision Making
Sharon Erel, MD – End-of-Life Conversations
Kathy Kelly, MPA – Who is Caring for the Caregiver?
Angelo Volandes, MD – The Importance of The Conversation
Deborah Grassman – Soul Injury
Teepa Snow – Caring for the Person with Dementia
Pat Tadel, MSN, RN – Ethical Advance Care Planning - More Than Just Advance Directives
Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN - Transforming Dying, Transforming Ourselves
Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP, FAANP, FAAN - Distress in Healthcare: Keeping Integrity Front and Center During Difficult Times
Matt Bell, CDCA II, QMHS III+ CIP, That Will Never Be Me
Jennifer A. O’Brien, MSOD, The Journey of the Hospice Doctor’s Widow
Ammar Kayyali, MD, Caring for an Aging Population
Lisa Pahl, LCSW, APHSW-C, The Death Deck
Diana Waugh, RN, BSN, Certified Dementia Practitioner. I’m Still in Here - Come Find Me: My Todays are a Blur, but My Yesterdays are My Strength
Pamela B. Teaster, PhD, MA, MS, NREMT, But Can You Fix It? – A Walk through Issues in Research and Practice in Elder Abuse and Surrogate Decision Making
Dean Horrigan, Attorney at Law, CEO Elder Advocates and Estates, LLC. Guardianship in Practice: Protecting Autonomy and Navigating Authority