Lauren
LaTourette,
LCSW, APHSW-C
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Lauren LaTourette is a social worker for the inpatient palliative care service at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. She also serves as a co-lead for Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education's Interprofessional Palliative Care Program.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: The need for primary palliative care education has been recognized across multiple disciplines, but many existing educational efforts have been siloed within individual disciplines. In this lightning talk, we will discuss the development and outcomes of the Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education’s Interprofessional Palliative Care program from its pilot in 2020 to its most recent implementation in Spring of 2023. Aligned with the National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, the program is a semester-…