We are excited to announce that this year, Dr. Megan Lippe, Associate Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, lippe@uthscsa.edu, has joined Dr. Andra Davis, Associate Professor, University of Portland, davisa@up.edu, and the ELNEC team in our efforts to advance palliative care education.
Through a three-year continuation grant awarded from Cambia Health Foundation to ELNEC, focused on advancing its work in strengthening the workforce in the care of patients and families with serious illness, with a particular focus on nursing schools in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Part of the funding will focus efforts for the states to envision and create a regional model of excellence in palliative care education. These efforts began in Fall, 2021 and thus far participating schools have started sharing ways each has integrated the curricula in their programs, ideas for next steps towards creating a center of excellence in the region and conducting cross-program research focused on best practices for palliative care education. If you are in this 4-state region, please contact us at ELNEC@coh.org.
Fall 2021 ushered in a new series of monthly webinars and other resources for faculty which are housed on the ELNEC Faculty Corner – a central location for teaching and evaluation resources. We will be rolling out our webinar series this Fall, focusing on developing faculty skills in teaching palliative care to students. Highlights of what you will find on the website:
- Undergraduate/New Graduate and Graduate ELNEC Curricula: You can learn more about two evidence-based online educational resources designed to be incorporated into undergraduate and graduate education by clicking on the “ELNEC Materials” tab in the Faculty Corner. Here you will see that you and your colleagues may have free access to review the curriculum, should be interested in using these materials. If you are not familiar with the ELNEC curriculum, we encourage you to review and consider integrating these resources in existing courses. To date, 917 undergraduate schools and 348 graduate schools have enrolled their students. Contact ELNEC@coh.org for access.
- Faculty Spotlights: Faculty across the country share a highlight of their exemplary work in palliative care education to support colleagues, network, and advance palliative care education.
- Teaching and Evaluation Resources: Teaching and learning resources shared by colleagues, including case studies and simulation exemplars.
- New Publications: Revised CARES and G-CARES competencies (2nd ed.) and how these align with the new Essentials
The ELNEC Faculty Corner is ever-changing with updates and additional resources being added regularly. We INVITE YOU to contribute to the database by sending us exemplary teaching tools, case studies, simulations, or other ways that you are innovating in palliative care education. Your resources posted on the ELNEC Faculty Corner are considered scholarship of teaching. Contact ELNEC@coh.org to share any of your creative work!
In Partnership!
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Andra Davis, PhD, MN, RN
Associate Professor and ELNEC Co-Investigator
University of Portland
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Megan Lippe, PhD, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
ELNEC Co-Investigator
UT Health San Antonio
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