CAPC provides a timely listing of upcoming events related to palliative care. If you would like to submit information about an upcoming palliative care conference or seminar, please send an email to margaret.schutz@mssm.edu.

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ELNEC-Core Course

AACN will offer several ELNEC programs in 2009, including the Core program, Critical Care, Geriatric and Pediatric Palliative Care programs. Please visit the ELNEC website for more information or to register: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNEC/CourseSchedule.htm

Information about the 2010 schedule of programs is available here.

The Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice
Harvard Medical School Course Offering
Specialized Pediatric Track!
April 27, 2010 - May 4, 2010 & November 9-15, 2010

The Harvard Medical School Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice offers intensive learning experience for physician and nurse-educators who wish to become expert in the clinical practice and teaching of comprehensive, interdisciplinary palliative care, as well as to gain expertise in leading and managing improvements in palliative care education and practice at their own institutions.

The course is delivered in two sections:
Part 1: Teaching and Learning in Palliative Care consists of 7 days of intensive learning, followed by a 6-month interim where participants work on an individual project and contribute to weekly discussions of problematic cases presented by other participants through e-mail exchanges; and
Part 2: Building a Future in Palliative Care, is a second 7-day block that includes continued experiential learning and leadership.

Application deadline, March 10, 2010. Applications for only one session will not be accepted. Scholarship opportunities (both domestic and international).

For the full course description and additional information, please refer to: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcare/pcep.htm/
contact: Venus Watson (617) 582-7859 or PallCare@Partners.org.

19th Annual Pain Resource Nurse (PRN) Course
September 1-3, 2010
City of Hope Platt Conference Center
City of Hope, Duarte, CA
Our Website
Contact: Maggie Johnson
mjohnson@coh.org or (626) 256-4673 Ext. 63202
Division of Nursing Research & Education
City of Hope
1500 E Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010

Pain is a significant problem in management of acute, chronic, malignant and non-malignant conditions. The primary objectives of this course is to educate nurses in pain management and prepare nurses or institutions to develop the role of the Pain Resource Nurse. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Discuss appropriate advocacy, communication, and education strategies.
• Identify current issues in acute and chronic pain management.
• Describe the process of pain assessment.
• Identify the pharmacologic approaches to the management of pain and side-effect management.
• Explore the use of non-pharmacologic interventions for pain management.
• Identify issues in pain management for pediatric, elderly and other at risk populations.
• Review resources for extending pain education in your settings.
• Discuss the role of the Pain Resource Nurse.
• Review professional self-care strategies.

Mount Sinai Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
October 3-6, 2010
Baruch College Conference Center
New York, NY

You and your colleagues can come to New York City to interact and learn from leading geriatric and palliative care experts at the 2010 "Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Care Medicine" CME Course sponsored by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and the Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute and endorsed by the American Geriatrics Society, the Bronx VA GRECC, the CNYGEC (Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers) and CAPC (Center to Advance Palliative Care).

The 4-day course starts Sunday, October 3rd and runs through Wednesday, October 6th, 2010, in New York City at the Baruch College Vertical Campus Conference Center. This course is targeted at those taking the CAQ exam in Geriatrics or Palliative Care and/or those who want to update their clinical knowledge in each field offering six plenary sessions and four small case-based workshops (with six choices of workshops per workshop session) each day. In addition, an Audience Response System knowledge game will be used for three board-style Q&A Sessions!!

Visit the program website for details and registration.

Practical Aspects of Palliative Care: Integrating Palliative Care into Clinical Practice
October 8-10, 2010
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA

This three-day course is designed to offer physicians and other clinicians the information and skills needed to provide high-quality, specialist-level palliative care to patients with life-threatening illnesses in a variety of practice settings. Through plenaries and workshops, participants will develop a toolbox of palliative care competencies and will learn from colleagues facing similar practice challenges. The course will address the assessment and management of physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and existential sources of suffering experienced by patients and their families.

For more information, please visit the course website.
Registration is available online.
Contact: Email: PallCare@partners.org or Phone: (617) 582-7859

Managing Pain in Elders: Challenges and Choices
Jewish Home Lifecare’s 8th Annual Palliative Care Conference
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010, New York, New York

Palliative care is an increasingly important facet of aging, and the need for balanced and varied approaches to pain management continues to evolve. At this year’s conference, we will highlight both medical and alternative palliative care methods that can benefit elders receiving palliative care.

Presenters and topics include:

Patricia Bloom, MD – Complementary Therapies
Rebecca Brown – Rehab Therapies in Pain Management
J.D. Elder – Massage Therapy
Deborah McDonald, PhD – Assessing Pain in the Elderly

Please contact Ellen Lewis at elewis@jewishhome.org for more information.

Recovering Our Traditions: Fourth National Congress on Palliative Care
October 28-30, 2010
St. Louis, MO

Join us in October for Recovering Our Traditions, an exceptional educational conference. This unique event is grounded in the roots of the Catholic health care ministry which compel us to provide the highest quality of compassionate care for patients with life-limiting illness, especially those who are the sickest and most vulnerable.

The conference will examine current trends, recent developments and leading practices in palliative care programs across the continuum of care, offering successful growth and sustainability strategies for the next generation of palliative care services. A wide range of plenary and concurrent sessions will address timely topics, exploring physical, psycho-social, cultural and spiritual domains of care. Participants will gain knowledge and skills in optimizing structures and processes that transform the delivery of care and contribute to high patient and family satisfaction.

Please visit the Supportive Care Coaliation for more information about registration.

Hospice & Palliative Care Practice Review Course
October 30-31, 2010
Tampa Palms Golf and Country Club
Tampa, FL

This 2 day advanced course, sponsored by The Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Studies at The University of South Florida, provides an in-depth review and update on current practice for physicians planning to sit for the Hospice & Palliative Care Board Certification Exam which the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) in November 2010.

• Demonstrate improved understanding for physicians in palliative care concepts.
• Formulate a better understanding of pain and symptom management issues, management of psychosocial distress, integrating spiritual issues into plans of care and addressing needs of patients and families through the Care Continuum.
• Review the exam blueprint guideline areas of the ABMS Board Certification Hospice & Palliative Care exam areas.

Register Online: review course.

Pediatric Pain Medicine and Management of Distressing Symptoms in Palliative Care
A Four-Day Intensive Workshop
October 31 - November 4,2010
Washington Marriott
Washington, DC

Sponsored by the District of Columbia Pediatric Palliative Care Collaboration & the Children’s Institute of Pain and Palliative Care, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Phone: 202-895-0191
Fax: 202-895-0170
E-mail: info@dcppcc.org

2nd Palliative Care Social Work Conference
December 3, 2010
New York City, NY

Co-sponsored by the Wurzweiler School of Social Work-Yeshiva University and the Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network. Details to follow in the early fall.

Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice
Specialized Pediatric Track!
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA
April 5-12, 2011 & November 2-8, 2011

The Harvard Medical School Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice offers intensive learning experience for physician and nurse-educators who wish to become expert in the clinical practice and teaching of comprehensive, interdisciplinary palliative care, as well as to gain expertise in leading and managing improvements in palliative care education and practice at their own institutions.

The course is delivered in two sections:

Part 1: Teaching and Learning in Palliative Care consists of 7 days of intensive learning, followed by a 6-month interim where participants work on an individual project and contribute to weekly discussions of problematic cases presented by other participants through e-mail exchanges; and

Part 2: Building a Future in Palliative Care, is a second 7-day block that includes continued experiential learning and leadership.

Applications Due: February 11, 2011

Website: www.hms.harvard.edu/pallcare/pcep.htm

Contact: Email: PallCare@partners.org or Phone: (617) 582-7859

Making Connections: Dying, Death and Bereavement in the Global Community
June 22-25, 2011
Pre-conference Institute June 21-22, 2011
InterContinental Miami
Miami, FL

Join your peers in thanatology for this exciting event, a combined meeting of the International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society and the Association for Death Education and Counseling®.

Abstract submission period begins on June 15, 2010. Please visit the conference website for more information and to download the abstract submission form.