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E-News - April 13, 2006

1. WHAT'S NEW

Fast Fact and Concept #152 - The Military History as a Vehicle for Exploring End of Life Care with Veterans (3/15/2006)

Fast Fact and Concept #153 - Health Literacy in Palliative Medicine (4/7/2006)

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2. CLICK HERE!

http://www.hospicedirectory.org/
Hospice locator service that covers all of North America and U.S. territories - sponsored by HFA

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/meditation/
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Meditation for Health Web site.

http://www.caringbridge.org/
Caring Bridge - A portal designed to help patients and their families connect through the Internet or even create their own blogs.

Other connecting sites for teens and young adult cancer patients:
www.teenswithcancer.org and www.planetcancer.org

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3. LION IN THE HOUSE

Children's Project on Palliative/Hospice Services (ChiPPS) announces a partnership between NHPCO and ITVS, providing guidance and support, including information regarding end-of-life care to the Lion in the House Project.

Lion in the House is an independent film, coming to Independent Lens
on PBS channels June 21 and 22, 2006. Lion in the House offers an unprecedented look at the cancer journeys of five young people and their families over a six-year period. Many pediatric hospice and palliative care providers are already developing local activities in their communities to supplement this two-day television event.
www.itvs.org/outreach/lioninthehouse.

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4. NEW AAHPM COURSES OFFERENCE IN AUGUST

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine will host two important courses entitled "Current Concepts in Palliative Care: Update and Review Course" and "Hospice Medical Director Course." These courses will be held on August 17-19, 2006, at the Aladdin Resort& Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

For more information about the courses, including credits being offered, or membership in the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, contact
AAHPM Member Services at 847/375-4712, or visit the AAHPM Web site at www.aahpm.org.

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5. HOW GOOD IS YOUR CULTURAL COMPETENCE TRAINING?

The nation's increasingly diverse population, coupled with continued racial and ethnic disparities in health care, makes it critically important that health care
professionals are educated on issues of culture.

To make sure your program is offering the best possible cultural competence instruction, be sure to check out Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT), from the Association of American Medical Colleges:
http://enews.ama-assn.org/UM/T.asp?A40.576.3160.13.436233

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6. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS

Building Academic Palliative Care is a new in-depth training program developed by three academic Palliative Care Leadership Centers (PCLC) firmly established in palliative care research, education and clinical service - Medical College of Wisconsin, University of California, San Francisco and Virginia Commonwealth University.

http://www.capc.org/palliative-care-leadership-initiative/academic/

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7. WEEKLY READING

Go to Pubmed for these article abstracts http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Holly M. Holmes; Deon Cox Hayley; G. Caleb Alexander; Greg A. Sachs
Reconsidering Medication Appropriateness for Patients Late in Life; Arch Intern Med 2006;166 605-609 PubMed ID: 16567597
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/166/6/605?etoc

Howe JL, Witt Sherman D.
Interdisciplinary educational approaches to promote team-based geriatrics and palliative care.
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2006;26(3):1-16.
PubMed ID: 16446268

Whittaker E, George Kernohan W, Hasson F, Howard V, McLaughlin D
The palliative care education needs of nursing home staff. Nurse Educ Today. 2006 Mar 3;. PubMed ID: 16517029

Malloy P, Ferrell BR, Virani R, Uman G, Rhome AM, Whitlatch B, Bednash G
Evaluation of End-of-Life Nursing Education for Continuing Education and Clinical Staff Development; Educators. J Nurses Staff Dev. 2006 January/ February;22(1):31-36. PubMed ID: 16465096

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8. CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS / PAPERS

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), in collaboration with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, will host its
Annual Assembly February 14-17, 2007, in Salt Lake City, UT. The first call for workshop and concurrent session presentations will open March 15 - May 1,
2006. The second call for case studies, papers, and posters, will open on June 15 - July 17, 2006.

Contact: Mary Louise Carr 847/375-3688
MLCarr@connect2amc.com
www.aahpm.org

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9. MEETINGS / CONFERENCES

Pain Management for Non-Pain Specialists-Santa
Monica, CA
Date: 5/6/2006 - 5/7/2006
Course #: 00262290
Who should attend: nurse practitioner, social work,
dental, emergency medicine, general practice,
neurology 12
Director: Christine G. Peeters-Asdourian, MD

CAPC Audio Conference - Hospitalists and Palliative Care
May 18, 2006
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern
10:30 - 11:30 AM Pacific
Co-Sponsored by the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
The cost for this call: $45 PER LINE

2006 International Nursing Conference: Palliative
care, theory, skills and practice
Shanghai/Hangzhou, China from 6-9 June 2006
http://www.chinedu.cn/windows/b3.htm

HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA'S
6TH ANNUAL PALLIATIVE CARE CONFERENCE
JUNE 8TH AND 9TH 2006
BEAVER, WEST VIRGINIA 25813
TUITION-FREE AND LUNCH FREE
11.0 CONTACT HOURS
CONTACT MARGARET O'NEAL
HOSPICE OF SOUTEHRN WV - 800-900-6404

Slice of Life Conference
July 4-8, 2006 in Lausanne, Switzerland
This is the 18th International meeting
of multimedia developers, users and
evaluators in health science education.

Campus Technology 2006 Conference
Presented by Campus Technology magazine, producers of the Syllabus
conferences for more than a decade
13th Annual Summer Conference on Education Technology
July 31-Aug 3, 2006 - Sheraton Boston Hotel - Boston, MA

16th International Congress on Care of the
Terminally Ill
September 26-29, 2006
Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Canada
For more information www.pal2006.com
or 514-481-7408, ext. 227

"The Many Faces of Pain in Palliative Care"
October 24-25, 2006

presented by The Institute for Education and
Leadership at Capital Hospice
Pre-Conference "Interventional Pain Management"
October 23
Falls Church, VA 22042
For more information contact Ofelia Recio
orecio@capitalhospice.org
or 703-531-6247

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