The Learning Center Course Materials

Big Sky Palliative Care Conference
May 10 & 11, 2019

Day One

Challenging Conversations with Serious Illness
Kathryn Borgenicht, MD

Ethics Matters in Palliative Care:  Caring Even When We Cannot Cure
Ken Homan, Phd

Palliative Treatments in Oncology
Patrick Cobb, MD

Montana Palliative Care Survey
Kerry Eby, MD

Ethical Dilemmas
Nathan Allen, MD, FACEP

Culture of Care
Kassie Runsabove

Living with Alzheimers - Late Stage, Part 1
Charlotta Eaton, MD

Palliative Care Use in the Rural Primary Care Setting
Heather Johns, BSN, RN

Interventional Procedures for Symptom Management
Brian Christenson, MD

Improving Provider Resiliency
Colette Kirchhoff, MD, FAAFP

Pain Management in Palliative Care
Kerry Eby, MD

Palliative Care Always: A Global Learning Experience
Kavitha Ramchandran, MD

Day Two

Special Cases in Palliative Care Ethics:  Palliative Sedation and Hand-feeding in Dementia
Ken Homan, PhD

Be Not So Afraid:  An Approach to Pediatric Palliative Care
Christopher Jons, MD

Living with Alzheimers - Late Stage Part 2
Charlotta Eaton, MD

Medicare Hospice Benefit
Katherine Dietrich, DO, FACP, HMDC, CPE

Natalie Boucher MSN, RN-C, CMSRN

Natalie Boucher is a Montana native who has been employed at St. Vincent Healthcare since 1989. She has been a member of our education department since the Spring of 2007. Prior to coming to the education department, she was also an adjunct faculty member at Montana State University-Bozeman for ten years. Her primary clinical practice and teaching experience is in Medical-Surgical with a focus on Cardiac, Neurologic, and Intensive Care. Her career has evolved since receiving her Bachelors of Science in Nursing Degree from Montana State University in 1991 and her Master of Science in Nursing from University of Phoenix in 2002. She is a current member of Sigma Theta Tau International and is a board certified medical-surgical registered nurse.

Natalie can be reached at (406) 237-3114
or via email at natalie.boucher@svh-mt.org

Lynn Essex, MSN, RN, CMSRN

Lynn graduated with a BSN from Montana State University in December, 1995, and started at St. Vincent Healthcare on 3 Tower in January.  She spent 5 years in Anchorage, Alaska and then returned here to St. Vs in the fall of 2013 as the nurse educator for the medical/surgical service line.  Lynn is currently working on a MSN in Education.

Lynn can be reached at (406) 237-3069
or via email at lynn.essex@sclhs.net

Angela Kulhanek, RRT

Angela Kulhanek is the Training Center/Outreach Coordinator for American Heart Association and St Vincent Healthcare Life Support Classes.  Angela is also a Freedom From Smoking Course instructor

Angela can be reached at (406) 237-3646
or via email at angela.kulhanek@sclhs.net

Angie Heaney

Angie has been with St. Vincent Healthcare since 2006. Angie specializes in the coordination of college and university student onboarding.  She is responsible for our online class registration system, marketing and event coordination of all Learning Center events. .  Angie is also a Certified Practitioner of the MBTI Step I and Step II Instruments.

Angie can be reached at (406) 237-3062
or via email at angela.heaney@svh-mt.org