CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care, Supportive Care Coalition Announce Total Learning Collaborative™

June 20, 2019 – The Supportive Care Coalition and the California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care have joined forces in a powerful collaboration designed to help Coalition members build the skills and expertise they need to strengthen their palliative care programs and services, and more effectively support seriously ill patients and their families.

The partnership, called the Total Learning Collaborative™ (TLC), leverages the Institute’s expertise in palliative care education and the Coalition’s advocacy and leadership in enhancing palliative care quality and delivery. The Coalition membership comprises more than a dozen Catholic healthcare systems in 37 states, including more than 1,100 hospitals, 1,800 nursing facilities, and 80 home care or hospice agencies. The Institute is a leading provider of comprehensive and topic-focused online continuing education for healthcare professionals.

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Shiley Donates $2.6 Million to CSU Institute for Palliative Care

June 10, 2019 (SAN MARCOS, CA) – The CSU Institute for Palliative Care is now the *CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care, thanks to another generous gift from prominent local philanthropist Darlene Marcos Shiley. 

Shiley announced during Cal State San Marcos’ annual fundraising gala on Saturday night that she has donated an additional $2.6 million to the Institute located on CSUSM’s campus. The latest gift brings Shiley’s total gifts to the CSUSM Foundation to $6 million, the majority of which has gone to the Institute, and makes her the most generous donor in the university’s history. 

In recognition of her generosity, the CSU Board of Trustees approved changing the name of the Institute during its meeting on May 21 in Long Beach. 

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Dr. Lucy Kalanithi to Speak at San Diego Palliative Care Conference

Proposals for Paper or Poster Presentations due by Feb. 8

Jan. 28, 2019 (SAN DIEGO) – Lucy Kalanithi MD, FACP, a Stanford School of Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine whose personal and professional perspective on loss and grief is helping to shape a national conversation on improving healthcare, will be the keynote speaker June 7 at San Diego’s 4^th annual Palliative Care Conference at Cal State University San Marcos.

Kalanithi is the widow of the late Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, When Breath Becomes Air, for which she wrote the epilogue. Warm, insightful, and compelling, she’s been featured on PBS NewsHour, NPR Morning Edition, and Yahoo News with Katie Couric, as well as in publications including People magazine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

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Palliative Care Scholarships Awarded to 17 San Diego County Healthcare Professionals

Dec. 3, 2018 (SAN DIEGO) – Scholarships totaling more than $25,000 in online palliative care education were recently awarded by The California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care to 17 healthcare professionals in San Diego County.

The Donald and Darlene Marcos Shiley Scholarships cover the full cost of tuition in any Institute course and are designed to expand and elevate the delivery of palliative care throughout the San Diego region. Made possible through a generous gift from Darlene Marcos Shiley, the scholarship program is now in its fourth year; scholarships are awarded each November in honor of National Hospice and Palliative Care Month.

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