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E-NEWS - December 2007End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center December, 2007 E-NEWS
Best Wishes for Joyous Holidays And Blessings for the New Year
* * * * * * * 1. What's New at www.eperc.mcw.edu 2. Click Here! 3. Palliative Care Case of the Month 4. Calls 5. Weekly Reading 6. Meetings/Conferences 7. Job Posting - PhD Nurse
* * * * * * * 1. WHAT'S NEW AT www.eperc.mcw.edu
- FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #193: Decision Making for Adults with Developmental Disabilities Near the End of Life (11/26/2007)
- FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #194: Disclosing Medical Error (12/10/2007)
* * * * * * * 2. CLICK HERE!
A message fitting the holiday season! Physicians for Peace sends teams of volunteers to developing countries to provide medical training and care. Follow link to transcript of Voice of American radio broadcast & article
Course-in-a-Box Tool from PainEDU http://www.painedu.org/tools.asp This Course-in-a-Box, The Pathophysiology of Pain appears in the Non-Interactive Tools section.
AMA’s National Health Care Policy Agenda http://tinyurl.com/yolh8m This document outlines the priority health issues that candidates for Congress and President should address in the 2008 elections.
* * * * * * * 3. PALLIATIVE CARE CASE OF THE MONTH
http://www.dgim.pitt.edu/iepc/case-of-the-month.html
December 2007 "When Death is Expected, Where Should it Happen" November 2007 "A Patient/Family-Centered Palliative Care Approach to Decision-making in the Medical Intensive Care Unit" September 2007 "Hospice and Palliative Care at 40"
* * * * * * * 4. CALLS...
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS JAMA Medical Education Theme Issue 2008 http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/298/22/2677
CALL FOR POSTERS Invitation to medical students doing medical Education research AMSA Annual Meeting March 12-16, 2008 Houston, TX DUE DATE: January 8, 2008 http://www.amsa.org/conv/poster.cfm
* * * * * * * 5. WEEKLY READING
+++Article Abstracts Available on PubMed+++
Kortes-Miller K, Habjan S, Kelley ML, Fortier M Development of a palliative care education program in rural long-term care facilities. J Palliat Care. 2007 Autumn;23(3):154-62. PubMed ID: 18069436
Lofmark R, Nilstun T, Bolmsjo IA From cure to palliation: concept, decision and acceptance. J Med Ethics. 2007 Dec;33(12):685-8. PubMed ID: 18055896
Dy SM, Shugarman LR, Lorenz KA, Mularski RA, Lynn J A Systematic Review of Satisfaction with Care at the End of Life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Nov 20;. PubMed ID: 18031485
+++Academic Medicine Online The December issue of Academic Medicine features a collection of papers on various approaches to expanding medical school enrollment, and includes an accompanying editorial from the journal's outgoing editor, Michael E. Whitcomb, M.D.
The editorial and following two articles are free To non-subscribers: "Preparing for Change: The Plan, the Promise, and the Parachute" and "Redesigning Residency Training in Internal Medicine: The Consensus Report of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Education Redesign Task Force."
* * * * * * * 6. MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System - March 10-11, 2008 Student Rating Forms-their design, construction and use - March 12, 2008 Center for Educational Development Orlando, Florida For information and online registration Early bird prices in effect until Feb 8
PALLIATIVE MEDICINE SYMPOSIUM 2008 March 13-15, 2008 The Westin-Kierland Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, Arizona
AUDIO Conference Using Your Own Data: Updating Your Business Plan to Ensure Sustainability Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) featured speaker, Lynn Hill Spragens, MBA To register and for more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/34gl6b
* * * * * * * 7. JOB POSTING
The University of California, Irvine is seeking a PhD nurse with background and experience in either palliative care or gerontology for a faculty appointment in its new school of nursing. This full time research position will include some teaching and clinical care responsibilities.
Interested individuals can contact Dr. Ellen Olshansky (Director of Program in Nursing Science) at e.olshansky@uci.edu or her assistant, Linda Hill at lshill@uci.edu or phone number (949) 824-9734 for more information.
* * * * * * * For more information regarding items mentioned in E-News, contact EPERC staff at mailto:eperc@mcw.edu
We encourage you to forward this e-newsletter to an interested colleague or friend. They can subscribe at http://mailman.mcw.edu/mailman/listinfo/epercupdate
Judi Rehm E-News Editor Medical College of Wisconsin, MEB Rm 3235 8701 Watertown Plank Rd Milwaukee, WI 53226 Tel: 414-456-4353 Fax: 414-456-6506
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