Celebrating Your Medical Journey: Incorporating Legacy Building in the Outpatient Setting

Child life specialists are in the unique position to facilitate legacy building in healthcare settings. Due to medical advancements, many pediatric patients receive care from outpatient services, providing the opportunity for legacy building interventions to occur outside of the traditional hospital environment. Attendees will gain insight into the definition of legacy and how to integrate legacy building interventions in an outpatient clinic setting.

Objectives:
Define legacy and explore opportunities for legacy promotion within the pediatric hospital setting.
Understand how legacy building can affect coping with medical experiences.
Provide a framework to incorporate legacy building opportunities in an outpatient setting.
Understand barriers and misconceptions regarding legacy building in an outpatient clinic setting.

DOMAIN: Intervention; 1 PDU