SPEAKERS BUREAU

What is the Speakers Bureau

The Speakers Bureau of NYCCHCD was created in 2001 to enhance our curriculum of activities by providing an on-going community-outreach arm of the organization. We have 25 active volunteers and over 100 outreach sites. Thus, the Speakers Bureau has become an additional centerpiece of the NYCCHCD mission.

TRAINING PROGRAMS

2004 Training Programs Coming Soon!

PAST TRAINING PROGRAMS

FALL 2003
DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS: MYTH, REALITY OR OXYMORON?

The continually evolving landscape of the practice of medicine as well as the "implementation" of health care demands a renewed look at this often confusing and sometimes precarious "relationship". We hope to illuminate the reasons why this relationship is naturally fraught with potential problems and how we as consumers of "medi-care" have a right and an obligation to pro-actively elicit the best care possible by establishing a partnership with our health care providers.

This training program is scheduled for October 7, 14, 21, 28 with one session dedicated to the viewing and discussion of the HBO film, "Wit" starring Emma Thompson and directed by Mike Nichols, which so effectively demonstrates various relationship models which can be experienced in the maze of possible doctor/patient relationships.

WINTER 2002
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES: CONTROL YOUR HEALTH CARE DESTINY

Advance care directives insure the patient's right to medical care reflecting their concerns, wishes and values by enabling individuals to appoint an agent to act if the individual is unable to do so. NYCCHCD's training on this subject demonstrates how to use existing legal mechanisms (NYS Health Care Proxy Law) to appoint a health care agent. This training program seeks to enable volunteers to help the public:

Clearly communicate their views, choices and wishes regarding health care decisions
Understand their potential roles as principal and agent
Make and accept thoughtful, informed designations of health care agency.

Topics covered include:

Roles and responsibilities of the health care agent and of the family
Roles and responsibilities of the principal
Legal, ethical and personal issues relevant to the process of health care agency

SPRING-SUMMER 2002
HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: COMFORT AT THE END OF LIFE

Hospice care and palliative care can ease the burden of terminal illness both for the patient and family. Many myths have unnecessarily discouraged people from accessing these services for themselves and loved ones. This training program seeks to enable volunteers to help the public:

Understand the salient features of hospice and palliative care
Be able to distinguish appropriate times and methods to call for such care
Know how to obtain this care for themselves or others when it is appropriate

Topics covered include:

Services hospice care can and cannot not provide
Differences between hospice care and curative care
Myths about Hospice - and the facts to combat them