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

The Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice
Harvard Medical School Course Offering
Specialized Pediatric Track!
May 5-12, 2009 & November 10-17, 2009
April 27, 2010 - May 4, 2010 & November 10-16, 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, February 12, 2009. 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.

‘Become an EPEC™ Trainer’ Conference
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, ILM
July 10-12, 2009

We invite physicians and other medical professionals to deepen their skills in palliative care as well as become a certified EPEC Trainer. This conference teaches clinical context and teaching skills using the EPEC Curriculum. As a certified EPEC Trainer, you will help to lead your institution in providing better palliative care for patients and families by learning how to teach and utilize the EPEC Curriculum.

• Acquire skills and materials to train your interdisciplinary team in palliative care in the emergency setting
• Certified Trainers will receive ongoing Trainer support
• There are no more than 25 participants per Master Facilitator in each break-out group
• Learn from the best in a highly interactive environment

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe the gaps, elements & models of end-of-life care, and related legal issues.
• Explain the principles of pain management and recognize other common symptoms, including dyspnea, nausea/vomiting, constipation, depression, anxiety, and delirium.
• State strategies to address requests for physician-assisted suicide, sudden illness, medical futility, and withholding/withdrawing treatment.
• Identify approaches to effective communication, decision-making about goals of care, advance care planning, and whole patient assessment.

For more information, visit www.epec.net.

‘Become an EPEC™-Emergency Medicine Trainer’ Conference
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
July 10-11, 2009

We invite all emergency medicine physicians and nurses, as well as other emergency medicine professionals to the ‘Become an EPEC™-Emergency Medicine Trainer’ Conference in Chicago.

• Acquire skills and materials to train your interdisciplinary team in palliative care in the emergency setting
• Certified Trainers will receive ongoing Trainer support
• There are no more than 25 participants per Master Facilitator in each break-out group
• Learn from the best in a highly interactive environment

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe the gaps, elements, and models of end-of-life care in the emergency setting, as well as related legal issues.
• Explain the principles of rapid patient assessment and recognize common symptoms of malignant and non-malignant pain, including dyspnea, nausea/vomiting, constipation, depression, anxiety, and delirium.
• Describe strategies to address requests for sudden illness, death trajectory, and withholding/withdrawing treatment.
• Describe strategies to successfully implement family witnessed resuscitation.
• Describe methods for death disclosure and care of the family and team in the pediatric resuscitation.
• Identify approaches to rapid communication, effective decision-making about goals of care, and advance directives in the ED.

For more information, visit www.epec.net.

The Art & Science of Palliative Care Nursing for Generalist Nurses
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA 02115
July 21, 2009

The Art & Science of Palliative Care Nursing course focuses on applying principles of palliative nursing to the management of patients with chronic illnesses such as heart failure, ALS and renal disease. Other topics that will be covered include pain and symptom management, dementia and communication. This session is specifically designed to meet the needs of the generalist nurse population.

For more information please contact Courtney Swaidner, course coordinator at pallcare@partners.org or (617) 582-8871.
Website: www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcare

4th Annual Promoting Excellence in Pain Management & Palliative Care for Social Workers
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
July 31, 2009

This award-winning annual course welcomes psychosocial care professionals on two educational tracks so that both new and returning attendees will have customized learning opportunities for skill-building and networking. This year’s featured speaker is Mercedes Bern-Klug, MSW, PhD, a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar from the University of Iowa.

Website: sccpi.coh.org/2009%20SWC/SWC09.htm

AAHPM Hospice Medical Director Course
Hyatt Regency
Chicago, IL
August 6-8, 2009

Learn the role of the hospice medical director under the new Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation and strategies for success.

Course Objectives

• Identify the clinical, regulatory, and administrative skills required in the role of the hospice medical director.
• Identify the physical, psychological, psychiatric, social, cultural and spiritual aspects of patient care.
• Discuss strategies for assessing and managing pain, other symptoms, and side effects based upon the best available evidence.
• Describe the hospice medical director's role on the interdisciplinary care team.
• Analyze the regulatory issues affecting the hospice medical director and identify strategies to fulfill regulatory requirements.

Click here for more information, register online, or call 847/375-4712. Space is limited so register early.

Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric & Palliative Medicine
New York, NY
October 4-7, 2009

Mount Sinai School of Medicine is pleased to offer the Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric & Palliative Medicine CME course–an important opportunity for close study with nationally recognized experts in both fields. An engaging, highly practical and comprehensive review of all aspects of geriatric and palliative medicine, this four-day course is uniquely organized around intimate work sessions, enabling participants to take advantage of close one-on-one mentoring, and networking opportunities. Case-based workshops cover topics ranging from geriatric assessment and pain management to hip fracture and urinary incontinence.

Space is limited. Early registration is recommended. Special discount for registrations received by August 31, 2009.

Location:

Baruch College Vertical Campus
55 Lexington Avenue, 14th Floor VC Conference Center
New York, NY 11010
www.baruch.cuny.edu/conferencecenter/vc.htm

This course is sponsored by Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development and The Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, and endorsed by the American Geriatrics Society, the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), the Bronx VA GRECC and the Consortium of New York Geriatric Centers (CNYGC).

For additional information:

Please e-mail: kristy.kime@mssm.edu
Or call Kristine Kime at (212) 241-6353
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1070
New York, NY 10029

Practical Aspects of Palliative Care
The Royal Sonesta Hotel
Cambridge, MA
October 9-11, 2009

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. The course consists of plenaries and workshops with many opportunities to learn from colleagues facing similar practice challenges. The course will address the assessment and management of physical, psychological, spiritual, social and existential sources of suffering experienced by patients and their families.

Website: www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcare
Contact: PallCare@partners.org

The Art & Science of Palliative Care Nursing for Advanced Practice Nurses
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA 02115
October 28, 2009

The Art & Science of Palliative Care Nursing course focuses on applying principles of palliative nursing to the management of patients with chronic illnesses such as heart failure, ALS and renal disease. Other topics that will be covered include pain and symptom management, dementia and communication. This session is specifically designed to meet the needs of the advanced practice nursing population.

For more information please contact Courtney Swaidner, course coordinator at pallcare@partners.org or (617) 582-8871.
Website: www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcare

13th Annual Interdisciplinary Approach to Symptom Control, Palliative and Hospice Care Conference
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine
November 13 and 14, 2009

The following review courses will be offered prior to the conference:

• Intensive Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine: June 10-12, 2009
• Pain & Symptom Management in Patients with Advanced Disease: Clinical Review for Nursing in Hospice and Palliative Care: November 11-12, 2009