The resources available from the Buehler Center emphasize the care of older people and will be beneficial to those health care professionals who are charged with improving the quality of life and quality of care of this population.
The Buehler Center is committed to developing materials and providing educational opportunities for students in the areas of aging and palliative care.
The Buehler Center seeks to improve the quality of life and quality of care for older people through research, education, and outreach efforts.EPEC Project
The Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project is an initiative that provides training in palliative and end-of-life care to health care professionals.
Patient Safety Education Project (PSEP) combines two high-quality models to advance a national and international patient safety agenda.Please install Flash® and turn on Javascript.
N E W S & E V E N T S
Tribune Highlights End-of-Life Care Work
Drs. Michael Preodor and Linda Emanuel were recently featured for their work in end-of-life care in a Chicago Tribune article on the Someone to Trust initiative—a citywide program to train facilitators in advance care planning. The article, titled “Talking About the End,” was featured in the September 6th issue and can be found here
Dr. Joshua Hauser Receives Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Hauser who received the distinguished Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
NIH Meeting Showcases NoPAIN
Dr. Chang’s project Novel Pain Assessment and Intervention Network (NoPAIN) was recently showcased in a poster presentation at an NIH meeting in Bethesda, Maryland entitled, "Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research: Methodological and Technological Innovation in the Behavioral and Social Sciences."
Jeanne Martinez Performs at United Way Kick off
Jeanne Martinez, an EPEC Master Facilitator and consultant for the EPEC-Caregiver project, and her husband John Segreti were featured performers at the recent United Way Kick off Event “NMH’s Got Talent!” on September 23rd at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH). Jeanne and her husband danced the Cha Cha at the event, which was the first in series of fundraisers hosted by NMH for the 2009 United Way Campaign.