End-of-Life Care Practitioner Program

ADDITIONAL COURSE ELEMENTS

Fieldwork
Mentoring/Advising
Journal
Field Visits

Faculty Member Angeles Arrien, Anthropologist, Founder and President, Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education

Fieldwork

Participants are required to complete 150 hours of supervised End-of-Life care during the term of the course. Fieldwork may be associated with a hospice/palliative care program or related healthcare provider in one's local community. The commitment may be met through volunteer service or, if applicable, through the participants' professional work. The intent is to encourage direct application of the training through hands-on experience with clients and their support systems. This facet of the program supports participants in developing working relationships with a network of local service providers.

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Mentoring/Advising

The program provides regular mentoring sessions by telephone with the co-leaders, focusing on psychological and spiritual development and integrating learning. In addition, small group calls facilitated by program graduates assist in community-building, navigating the course, and applying the material in participants' local communities and organizations.

"This year has been life-changing for me. I have never before been so challenged in real, deep, personal, and professional ways."
Program graduate Rev. LeAnn Stubbs,
Campus Minister, Des Moines, IA

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Journal

Each participant keeps a dream journal and compiles a binder with regular entries on coursework, client contacts, spiritual practice, and field visit reports. The compilation serves as an invaluable reference tool in creating and delivering post-training services.

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Field Visits

It is important that EOL Care Practitioners are familiar with the settings in which the majority of people die. During the term of the course all participants are required to make a field visit to each of the following locations:

1. Hospital Emergency Room
2. Hospital Intensive Care Unit
3. Skilled-Nursing Residence
4. Hospice Home Care (in an individual's home with a hospice professional)
5. Mortuary

Field visits and short written reports are due to be completed by August 1, 2007.

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