Relevant teaching and presenting experience:
Salem State University School of Social Work (Salem, MA)
Adjunct professor, MSW program February 2017 – May 2017
Course: Assessment & Intervention with Individuals, Families & Groups
Boston College School of Social Work (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Adjunct professor September 2014 – May 2017
Adjunct instructor in graduate-level MSW program
Courses: Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work, Clinical Practice with Adults
Guest instructor, Dying, Grief and Bereavement (SW831) 2012 - 2015
Boston College School of Social Work
Instructor: Katie McInnis-Dittrich, MSW, PhD
Teaching session: “Social work practice in hospice and palliative care”
Invited faculty, Practical Aspects of Palliative Care 2007 – 2015
Sponsored by Harvard Medical School, Center for Palliative Care
Boston, MA
Presentations: “Difficult Patients”, “Difficult Families”, “Compassion Fatigue”,
“Conflictual Family Meetings in the ICU”
Co-instructor, Human Behavior and the Social Environment (SW721) Sept. 2011 – Dec. 2011
Teaching practicum, Boston College School of Social Work
Mentor: Paul Kline, MSW, PhD
Teaching session: “Family Systems Theory”
Guest instructor, Program Evaluation (SW841) November 2011
Boston College School of Social Work
Instructor: Tom O’Hare, MSW, PhD
Teaching session: “Evaluating an advance care planning program”
Invited faculty, Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice (PCEP) April 2009
Sponsored by Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care. Boston, MA.
Panel presentation, Center to Advance Palliative Care Annual Assembly November 2017
“Team Wellness” (Session Lead), “Master Clinician Live” (Panelist)
Phoenix, AZ
Invited discussant, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) February 2017 – present
Master Clinician Series
Invited discussant, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) January 2017 – present
Monthly Virtual Office Hours: Team Wellness, The Role of Social Work
Panel presentation, Center to Advance Palliative Care Annual Assembly October 2016
“Team Wellness”
Orlando, FL
Oral presentation, Center to Advance Palliative Care National Seminar November 2014
“The Impact and Role of Social Work on the Palliative Care Team”
Orlando, FL
Oral paper presentation, Association of Oncology Social Work annual conference May 2014
“Is the waiting the hardest part? How cancer family caregivers experience quality of care at the end of life”
Baltimore, MD
Oral paper presentation, Society for Social Work Research annual conference January 2014
“Is the waiting the hardest part? How cancer family caregivers experience quality of care at the end of life”
San Antonio, TX
Poster presentation, American Society of Clinical Oncology annual conference May 2013
“Caregiver Evaluation of the Quality of End-of-Life Care (CEQUEL) Scale: The caregiver’s perception
of patient care near death”
Chicago, IL
Oral presentation, Celebration of Young Investigators in Cancer Science, May 2013
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
“Caregiver Evaluation of the Quality of End-of-Life Care (CEQUEL) Scale: The caregiver’s perception of patient care near death”
Boston, MA
Invited speaker, Department of Care Coordination Grand Rounds, April 2013
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
“Cancer caregivers and quality of end-of-life care”
Boston, MA
Invited speaker, Palliative Care Grand Rounds, Massachusetts General Hospital February 2013
“Is the waiting the hardest part? How family caregivers experience quality of care at the end of life”
Boston, MA
Poster presentation, Association of Oncology Social Work annual conference May 2012
“Innovations for Palliative Care Social Work in the Oncology Setting” (Award: 1st place)
Boston, MA
Presenter, Adult Palliative Care Professional Development Seminar May 2012
“Palliative Care Consultation Etiquette”
Boston, MA
Invited speaker, Bereavement Workshop April 2012
Sponsored by the Department of Care Coordination, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Presentation: “Coping with Grief”
Featured presenter, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) Audio Conference September 2010
Presentation: “The Palliative Care Social Worker: Opportunities for Collaboration, Triage,
Education and Outreach”
Invited speaker, AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly March 2010
3rd Annual Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) Preconference:
SW Leadership in Palliative Care: Developing Family & Caregiver Support Intervention Models
Presentation: “Models of care: Social work roles and the palliative care team or,
‘How I developed this callus on my forehead and why it was all worth it’”
Invited speaker, The Art & Science of Palliative Care Nursing Conference June 2008
Sponsored by the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care
Presentation: “Social Aspects of Palliative Care”
Invited speaker, Faculty Seminar March 2008
Sponsored by the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care
Presentation: "Should we have employed a unilateral DNR order? The case of a dying Nigerian king
and his fractured family"
Invited speaker, Social Work In-service January 2008 Sponsored by the Department of Social Work, Framingham Union Hospital
Presentation: “The Family Conference: A critical tool in end-of-life care and beyond”
Invited speaker, Bereavement Workshop November 2007
Sponsored by the Department of Care Coordination, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Presentation: “What does grief feel like?”
Faculty, Building Blocks of Palliative Care: Urban successes, challenges, and visions. July 2006
Sponsored by Montefiore Medical Center. New York, NY.
Presentation: “Palliative care in the critical care setting: a roundtable discussion”
Faculty member, Palliative Care Quality Improvement Collaborative (PC-QuIC) March 2005
Sponsored by the United Hospital Fund. New York, NY.
Presentation: “Advance directives: communication, implementation, and NY state law”