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WHAT'S NEW AT www.eperc.mcw.edu
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2. CLICK HERE!
http://www.ahrq.gov/
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published an online resource that allows users to learn, share, and adopt innovations in the delivery of health services.
www.mdconsult.com
MD Consult - brings the leading medical resources together into one integrated online service to help you efficiently find answers to pressing clinical questions and make better treatment decisions.
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3. LCME INCREASES TRANSPARENCY OF ITS PROCESSES
http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/reporter/april08/newschools.htm
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) is taking on a more consultative role as it assists prospective medical schools through the accreditation pipeline. The sole accrediting body for educational programs leading to the M.D. degree, the LCME is making a renewed effort on a variety of fronts to ensure that relevant officials and members of the public have an understanding of the accreditation process. A full account of the LCME's efforts, as well as the medical school accreditation process, appears in the April issue of the AAMC Reporter, the association's monthly news publication.
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4. CALLS FOR PROPOSALS
http://www.thegeneralists.org/submissions/instructions.html
describes the variety of presentation formats available ranging from 15-minute descriptions of your work through 2-hour instructional sessions and provides suggestions for writing good proposals. As you prepare your presentation, please keep in mind that the conference emphasizes active participation in group sessions. All submissions will be considered. Proposals must be submitted electronically no later than May 4th, 2008.
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5. MAY 1 REGISTRATION DEADLINE for 2008 CERTIFICATION EXAM
The deadline to register for the 2008 Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) certification exam is May 1, 2008. The exam will then be offered every other year.
Please note that starting in 2013, you must be fellowship trained in order to sit for the exam.
Three opportunities for non-fellowship trained palliative care physicians to take the certification exam: 2008, 2010 and 2012.
http://www.abim.org/exam/cert/hospice.aspx |
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6. WEEKLY READING
Qaseem A, Snow V, Shekelle P, Casey DE Jr, Cross JT Jr, Owens DK; Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians, Dallas P, Dolan NC, Forciea MA, Halasyamani L, Hopkins RH Jr, Shekelle P.
Evidence-based interventions to improve the palliative care of pain, dyspnea, and depression at the end of life: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians.
Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jan 15;148(2):141-6.
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/148/2/141
Bledsoe BE.
What should we do?
Journal of Emergency Medical Services. 33(2):66-74; quiz 74-5, 2008 Feb.
PubMed ID 18262077
Online News Articles
http://www.pallimed.org/
Crying Doctors: How to be a Good Palliative Care Doctor
http://www.med-ed-online.org/volume13.php#Res00252
Désirée Lie, M.D., MSEd., Johanna Shapiro, Ph.D., Sarah Pardee, BA, Wadie Najm, M.D., MSEd
A focus Group Study of Medical Students’ Views of an Integrated Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Curriculum: Students Teaching Teachers
Available online on MEO
http://www.dgim.pitt.edu/iepc/case-of-the-month.html
Volume 8, No. 2 March 2008
PALLIATIVE CARE CASE OF THE MONTH
Denying the Obvious: How to Approach Patients Who Delay Medical Care for Advanced Breast Cancer
Winifred G. Teuteberg, MD
http://www2.ric.edu/news/displayNews.php?id=news-464
Rhode Island College Offering Summer Course
in Teamwork for Healthcare Professionals
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7. MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine will offer its Problem Based Learning
workshop June 17-20, 2008 at its Springfield Illinois campus. Intended audience includes
physicians, nurses, and others involved with medical education. Registration
is available at http://www.pbli.org/workshops/essentials_pbl.htm
17th International Congress on Palliative Care
September 23-26, 2008
Palais des Congrès in Montréal.
www.pal2008.com
The detailed programme will be available within a couple of weeks
Audio Conference
Palliative Care in the ICU: Closing the Gap between Current Knowledge and Clinical Practice
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern
Sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
http://www.capc.org/support-from-capc/audio-conf/06-18-08/index_html/
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