Table 3.

2nd Annual U.S. Celebration of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Conference Schedule and Session Topics.

Session Title	Tonics Addressed
International Models of Excellence in Palliative care	• International palliative nursing education efforts through the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC); barriers and facilitators to international palliative care education; social and cultural considerations to expand access to palliative care education
Invited Rapid Fire Talks: Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice	• “Disparities in Oncologist-Patient Communication;” “Promoting Effective and Equitable Communication and Care with LGBTQ+ Home Hospice Patients and Caregivers: Considerations for Practice, Education, and Research;” “Disparity of Preference? Considering and Responding to Haps in our Palliative Care Evidence Base;” “Centering Patient Perspectives: A Palliative Approach to Critical Conversations with African-Americans in the Wake of COVID-19;” “Palliative Care for Health Equity”
Global Palliative Care Organizational Roundtable	• Priorities and recommendations from the International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care, World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, International Children’s Palliative Care Network, and Palliative Care in Humanitarian Aid Situations and Emergencies
Patient-Clinician Conversation	• Interview of a patient living with cancer by their oncologist/ palliative care physician
National Advocacy Efforts: How National Organizations Are Collaborating for Impact	• Mission and purpose of the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care; palliative care quality measures; legislative and congressional outreach; community palliative care; regulatory opportunities and considerations to expand access to palliative care
Visiting Virtual Schwartz Rounds	• Interdisciplinary discussion on topics relating to the care of seriously ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, effects on palliative care team members, and insights on the emotional and social aspects of patient care
A Global Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship Collaborative: Harvard, Tulane, & the University of California San Francisco	• Program overview, curriculum, international sites (Pallium India, Makerere Mulago Palliative Care Unit, Gallup Indian Medical Center), resiliency, mentorship, and the use of telepalliative/tele-education to provide global palliative care fellowship programs
Patients’ Diverse Spiritual Care Needs: An Interfaith Chaplain Panel	• Spiritual and existential care assessment, screening, and delivery at generalist and specialist levels; palliative care spiritual education; use of art in legacy projects and spiritual care
Invited Rapid Fire Talks: Considerations Across the Spectrum of Hospice and Palliative Care	• “Building a Framework for Existential Care: The Intersection of Palliative Care and Psychedelic Research;” “Resilience in the Aftermath of COVID;” “At the Crossroads of Bioethics, Cancer and Palliative Care;” “SGM Sensitivity Communication Skills Training for Oncology Care Providers: A Brief Overview”
Caregiver-Clinician Conversation	• Exploration of a caregiver’s experience with a spouse’s terminal illness, role of early palliative care, importance of psychosocial support, and experience with home hospice at the end-of-life
Around the World – Global Hospice and Palliative Care	• Palliative care priorities in developed and developing countries; analgesics and pain disparities; medical aid in dying; exemplars from South Africa and Uganda; recommendations from the Lancet Commission Report on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief