Dear CAPC eNEWS Subscriber,
- 1.Apply to Visit a Palliative Care Leadership Center to Help Fast-track Your Palliative Care Program
- 2. Important News from the Palliative Care Leadership Centers
- 3. Palliative Care in the News: Coverage from the Washington Post, New York Times, The Capital Times and Modern Physician
- 4. Save the Date: Upcoming Events in the Palliative Care Field
- 5. Upcoming Education and Training Opportunities
- 6. Call for Information on Palliative Care Training Programs
- 7. Job Postings on CAPC’s Website
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1. APPLY TO VISIT A PALLIATIVE CARE LEADERSHIP CENTER
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is pleased to announce the Palliative Care Leadership Centers (PCLCs), an initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to provide hands-on training and tools to fast-track the growing number of palliative care programs being started nationwide. Apply now at http://www.capc.org/PCLC/ to visit one of six premier palliative care programs and receive technical assistance in financing, designing and operating a successful program at your own institution. There is no better way to learn about starting or strengthening a palliative care program than to visit a leading program in practice. Log on to http://www.capc.org/PCLC/for information about each of the six PCLCs. Site visits will begin in February, 2004.
To learn more, or to submit an application for your team, go to http://www.capc.org/PCLC/ or e-mail pclc@mssm.edu.
2. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE PALLIATIVE CARE LEADERSHIP CENTERS
"Implementing Cancer Pain Education for Medical Students" Study Released
The study, published in the September/October 2003 issue of Cancer Practice, was a collaboration between Hospice of the Bluegrass and the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. In recognition of the study results, the Hospice of the Bluegrass has received an award from the American Cancer Society for an outstanding contribution to care of cancer patients.
Mt. Carmel Health System Team Member Wins Heart of Ohio Award
Mary Ann Gill, Director of Palliative Care Services at the Mt. Carmel Palliative Care Leadership Center has won the Heart of Ohio Award from the Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. The award is the ultimate recognition for hospice professionals by hospice professionals. It recognizes individual Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Organization members who have made significant and repeated achievements in hospice and palliative care, particularly on a state level.
Massey Cancer Center Releases Study of Palliative Care Cost Savings
“A High-Volume Specialist Palliative Care Unit and Team May Reduce In-Hospital End-of-Life Care Costs” was published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Palliative Medicine. The research was the first of its kind to compare the cost of a hospital’s palliative care unit with the cost of caring for seriously and terminally ill patients in a regular hospital setting. Members of the Massey Palliative Care Leadership Center team, Thomas J. Smith, M.D.; Patrick Coyne, R.N., M.S.N.; Brian Cassel, Ph.D.; Lynne Penberthy, M.D.; Alison Hopson, R.N., M.S.N.; and Mary Ann Hager, R.N., M.S.N, authored the study.
3. PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE NEWS
"Providing Care, When the Cure Is Out of Reach" by Jane E. Brody, New York Times November 18, 2003 click here
"Name a Proxy Early to Prepare for the Unexpected" by Jane E. Brody, New York Times November 18, 2003 click here
“Hospice and the Law” by Dr. Diane E. Meier, Washington Post October 21, 2003 click here
“Palliative Care More Than For End of Life” by Mary Bergin, The Capital Times (Madison, WI) October 16, 2003
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“Pain Control: Palliative Care Yields Increased Well-Being, Decreased Costs” by Elizabeth Thompson Beckley, Modern Physician October 1, 2003 click here
4. SAVE THE DATE: UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE PALLIATIVE CARE FIELD
For more information on these events, visit www.capc.org and click on “Events/Calendar of Events” or, simply click here.
- Palliative Care: Current Issues, Trends, and Innovations in End-of-Life Care The Professional Education Center of the Jewish Home & Hospital - Second Annual National Conference November 21st, 2003
- End-of-Life Care for People with Dementia This program will be co-sponsored by the WVU Center on Aging and the WV Alzheimer's Association January 16, 2004
- Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association January 21-25, 2004 - go to http://www.aahpm.org/ for more details
5. UPCOMING EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Adapting Health Care to Serious Chronic Illness in Last Phase of Life: The Third National Medicaring Quality Improvement Collaborative (MC-QuIC), January through November 2004. For more information visit click here .
Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice The Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, co-directed by J. Andrew Billings, MD and Susan D. Block, MD, is offering the Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice on April 27-May 4 and November 10-16, 2004 in Boston, MA.
The course offers learning experiences for physician- and nurse-educators who wish to become experts in the clinical practice and teaching of palliative care.
For more information, please visit the website at http://www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcareor for an application, please call 617-724-9509 or e-mail to click here .
6. CALL FOR INFORMATION ON PALLIATIVE CARE TRAINING PROGRAMS
CAPC is compiling a list of palliative care programs offering brief clinical training. If you are offering such training, please email your contact information and a brief description of your program to carol.sieger@mssm.edu.
7. JOB POSTINGS ON CAPC’S WEBSITE
The CAPC web site provides resources for palliative care employers and job seekers. The postings assist healthcare professionals fill and locate positions within the palliative care field. Visit the job opportunities page (or go to http://www.capc.org/) to post current openings or search for career opportunities.
Or, you can post a job opening by simply e-mailing a short description of the position to capc@mssm.edu. Be sure to include contact information and a website link, if possible.
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