PDIA - CONFERENCES, COURSES, AND OTHER TRAININGS
 Cohorts I & II    
Date Location Title #  Attended Follow-up Plans
SUSAN BLACKER
Nov-00 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Social Work and end-of-life care symposium. 150  
Feb-01 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Workshop - "Writing A Successful Abstract Submission" 30  
Mar-01 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Workshop - "Pain and sympton management for non-physicians. 40  
JOAN BERZOFF
Summer 2001 Smith College School for Social Work Masters Course in End-of-Life Care 18  
Fall 2001 Smith College School for Social Work Masters level internships in End-of-Life Care    
Summer 2001 Smith College School for Social Work End-of-Life Care Certificate Program. Returning Class, 2000-2001.  Incoming Class, 2001-2002 15  
Summer 2001 Smith College School for Social Work Monday Night Lecture for Smith Community titled "Learning to Decode Disenfranchised Grief of Adolescents"    
IRIS COHEN
Feb-01 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Multidisciplinary Care Tools: Teamwork and Family Conferences in Palliative Care 11 Final data collection scheduled for May 2001
Oct-00 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Multidisciplinary Care Tools: Teamwork and Family Conferences in Palliative Care 15 Data collection completed
Feb-00 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Multidisciplinary Care Tools: Teamwork and Family Conferences in Palliative Care 20 Data collection completed
Summer 2001 Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts Master's level course: "End-of-Life Care"    
BARBARA DANE
Fall 2000 NYU School of Social Work Post Masters Certificate in Social Work and End of Life care.  14 weeks program 18  
Fall 2001 NYU School of Social Work Post Masters Certificate in Social Work and End of Life care.  14 weeks program 15  
Apr-01 NYU School of Social Work Matters of life and death: Clinical interventions at the end of life. Morning  Session 300; Afternoon Session 200  
JAMES KERESZTURY
Jun-01   Summer Institute on Aging Conference.  Will be coordinating the end-of-life care track for the conference under the PDIA project.    
Sep-00 Charleston, WV Psychological Distress in End-of-Life Care 65  
Oct-00 Morgantown, WV WVU Erickson Alumni Center - Featuring Presentation by Grace H. Christ 59  
JOHN LINDER
Apr-01 UC Berkeley Death and Dying, substituting for Dr. Andrew Scharlach.  The PDIA course will be offered in lieu of Dr. Scharlach's course in Spring 2002. 7 students Contact w/Dr. Scharlach for follow-up and student feedback.
Mar-01 Department of Corrections Medical Facility, Vacaville Palliative Care in a Correctional Setting 9 staff Evaluations obtained, additional follow-up with program coordinator, Chaplain Keith Knauf.
Mar-01 UC Davis Cancer Center Responsibilities of Medical Practice (R.O.M.P.) panel discussion on end-of-life care and ethics. 75 4th year medical students Review of evaluations from panel moderator, Dr. Frederick Meyers, Chair, Internal Medicine
Mar-01 California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) Human Behavior in the Social Environment (2 sections)  Psychodynamic and Social Issues at end of life 23 graduate students (am section)/21 graduate students (pm section) Feedback from Professor.
Feb-01 UC Davis Health System Home Care Services Progam California's revised advance medical directive/health care power of attorney laws and forms 29 staff members total feedback from staff, staff supervisors
JUNE SIMMONS
Mar-01 New Orleans, LA American Society on Aging    
Nov-00 Washington, DC Gerontological Society of America    
Oct-00 Pasadena, CA Dr. JoAnne Lynn's Presentation at Book Signing 150  
GARY STEIN
Nov-00 University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Scotch Plains, NJ "Living Well at the End of Life:  An Interdisciplinary Intensive Course for Students in the Health Professions 30 Successor educational programs
Mar-01 Princeton Marriott Forrestal Village, Princeton, NJ "Living Well at the End of Life:  Expanding Our Vision" 130 Successor educational programs
Apr-01 Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ Palliative Medicine: Quality Care at the End of Life 130 projected (interdisciplinary, but required of 3rd year medical students) Successor educational programs at medical school
Fall 2001 Princeton, NJ "Long-Term Care Medical Directors/Physicians Forum on Palliative Care" 30 projected Successor regional programs
SUSAN TAYLOR-BROWN
May-01 Rochester, NY "Medically Fragile Infants Conference" - Conference for families and care providers to address to medical and psychosocial needs of medically fragile infants who are at increased risk for premature death. 175  
JULY 2000 - PRESENT Rochester, NY Professor, Health Concentration, Greater Rochester Collaborative