Bridging the Gap: Empowering Adult-Based Clinicians Infrequently Caring for Children

Adult-trained hospice and palliative care clinicians often lack the specialized knowledge, resources, and confidence needed to provide high-quality, developmentally appropriate care for pediatric patients. Many do not identify as pediatric providers and may feel unprepared to manage unique challenges, including unfamiliar medication dosing, increased psychosocial demands, prognostic uncertainty, and emotional distress when caring for children with serious illnesses. Additionally, limited access to pediatric palliative care specialists further exacerbates these challenges, leading to inconsistent care quality and potential gaps in symptom management and family support. Addressing this gap is essential to ensuring that age is never a barrier to receiving high-quality hospice and palliative care.

This moderated panel discussion will equip adult-based hospice and palliative care clinicians with education, resources, and practical strategies to improve their ability to care for pediatric patients in the absence of pediatric specialists’ availability. By addressing knowledge gaps, resource availability, and emotional preparedness, this webinar will help ensure that age is never a barrier to receiving high-quality, compassionate hospice and palliative care.

Registration Rates

• AAHPM Members: $54*
• Nonmembers: $75
• Current HPM Fellows: can enjoy a 20% discount off member and nonmember rates.

* If you are not a member of the Academy but are HMDCB certified, you can receive the member rate with a discount code.

This webinar is a live event only.

Successful completion of this webinar includes attesting to meaningful activity participation and completion/submission of activity evaluation within the time frame designated.

Evaluation period closes May 30, 2025 at 11:59pm CT for claiming CME or MOC credits.