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E-NEWS - February 2007End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center February 23, 2007 E-News
Thanks to all of you who introduced yourselves to me at the Annual AAHPM/HPNA last week in Salt Lake!
* * * * * * * 1. What's New at www.eperc.mcw.edu 2. Click Here! 3. New Nursing Certificate Program in Hospice/Palliative Care 4. Opportunity for Standardized Patient Training from NBME 5. MedEdPORTAL Now Offers Tracking Service 6. CDC publishes annual report on America's health 7. Weekly Reading 8. Earn 48 CME Credits with the UNIPAC Series 9. Conferences/Meetings/Training
* * * * * * * 1. WHAT'S NEW AT www.eperc.mcw.edu
PRESS RELEASE - EPERC's Medical School Palliative Care Education Project (MS-PCE) Grant Awardess Announced! http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/MS-PCE%20Press%20Release.htm
FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #174: Dementia Medications In Palliative Care
FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #175: Opioid Allergic Reactions
* * * * * * * 2. CLICK HERE!
http://www.getpalliativecare.org GetPalliativeCare.org CAPC has created this palliative care resource for consumers and includes sections for medical practitioners and policymakers.
http://www.scottishdoctor.org/node.asp?id=outcomes The 'Scottish Doctor' learning outcomes model, based on The three circle framework, has been adopted in all of the Scottish medical schools and in other schools in Europe
http://enews.ama-assn.org/UM/T.asp?A40.574.4124.8.436233 2007 edition of the Guidebook for GME Directors and Coordinators * * * * * * * 3. NEW NURSING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM in HOSPICE / PALLIATIVE CARE
Grant MacEwan College has a new certificate program in Post Basic Nursing Practice. Shared courses and distinct specialization courses in Hospice Palliative Care or Gerontology are available through distance delivery (i.e. print-based materials and online activities/ discussions).
Check out the website: www.macewan.ca/postbasic Contact Marilyn Romanyk for course registration or further Information - mailto:romanykm@macewan.ca Toll free 1-800-661-6878).
* * * * * * * 4. OPPORTUNITY FOR STANDARDIZED PATIENT TRAINING FROM NBME
The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) is offering faculty development workshops on standardized patient (SP) test development in Philadelphia in 2007.
The course is intended for medical school faculty who are responsible for the clinical components of SP materials for teaching and assessment purposes. The faculty will receive the nine (9) cases that are developed in the workshop.
REGISTER FOR WORKSHOP by April 2nd medicalschoolservices@nbme.org
Information--contact Ann King mailto:aking@nbme.org or 215-590-9746
* * * * * * * 5. MedEdPORTAL NOW OFFERS TRACKING SERVICE
The AAMC has added several major enhancements to MedEdPORTAL, based on user suggestions. Authors whose work is published in MedEdPORTAL may now generate usage reports that provide a list of the users who have viewed their published resource.
This new feature is designed to provide authors with valuable information to help them illustrate the community-wide impact of their resource, which can be included in promotion and tenure documentation.
MedEdPORTAL is a free service provided by the AAMC that gives medical educators a venue in which to publish and locate high quality teaching resources that cover the continuum of medical education.
Information: Go to http://www.aamc.org/mededportal
* * * * * * * 6. CDC PUBLISHES ANNUAL REPORT ON AMERICA's HEALTH
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have published the 30th annual report on the nation's health. "Health, United States, 2006" includes trends and data on health status, healthcare use, healthcare resources, and healthcare expenditures. Much of the data includes information on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health. The report also includes a chartbook, "Trends in the Health of Americans," which assesses the current state of the nation's health and how it is changing.
Download free at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
* * * * * * * 7. WEEKLY READING
Program that provides music during patients' last hours
+ + + Article Abstracts Available on PubMed + + +
Yedidia MJ. Transforming doctor-patient relationships to promote patient-centered care: lessons from palliative care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Jan; 33(1):40-57. PubMed ID: 17196906
Marini MC, Neuenschwander H, Stiefel F. Attitudes toward euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: a survey among medical students, oncology clinicians, and palliative care specialists. Palliat Support Care. 2006 Sep;4(3):251-5. PubMed ID: 17066966
Zalenski RJ, Raspa R. Maslow's hierarchy of needs: a framework for Achieving human potential in hospice. J Palliat Med. 2006 Oct;9(5):1120-7. PubMed ID: 17040150
Malloy P, Ferrell B, Virani R, Wilson K, Uman G Palliative care education for pediatric nurses. Pediatr Nurs. 2006 Nov-Dec;32(6):555-61. PubMed ID: 17256293
Muthny FA. Wiedebusch S. Blok GA. van Dalen J. Training for doctors and nurses to deal with bereaved relatives after a sudden death: evaluation of the European Donor Hospital Education Programme (EDHEP) in Germany. Transplantation Proceedings. 38(9):2751-5, 2006 Nov. PubMed ID: 17112822
Schuh LA, Biondo A, An A, Newman D, Ryczko S, Remer S, Bricker L Neurology Resident Learning in an End-of-Life/ Palliative Care Course J Palliat Med. 2007 Feb;10(1):178-81. Pubmed: 17298266
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2007/ninr-01.htm An intervention to improve communication between ICU clinicians and family members of a dying patient helps reduce family member stress, anxiety, and depression for up to three months afterward, according to a study that appears in the February 1, 2007, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. From the National Institute of Nursing Research
* * * * * * * 8. EARN 48 CME CREDITS WITH THE UNIPAC SERIES
Physicians can earn up to 48 CME credits for completing The UNIPAC self-study course. The eight book series: Hospice/Palliative Care Training for Physicians, (www.liebertpub.com/uni) developed by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, provides comprehensive education and training from the leaders in hospice and palliative care. * * * * * * * 9. CONFERENCES/MEETINGS/TRAINING
+++CAPC Audio Conference Calculating Financial Outcomes for Hospital Palliative Care Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Register Online:
+++Building Academic Palliative Care Training sponsored by CAPC and taught at PCLC Leadership Centers. The initiative has two key components: hands on training and one year of mentoring.
+++8th Annual Barbara Echikson Memorial Palliative Care Symposium "The Art and Science of Treating Symptoms" The Department of Medical Education and Clinical Research of Saint Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, New Jersey SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2007 Ask for a registration form and information: Henry Rosenberg, MD FAX (973) 322-8720
+++Central Group on Educational Affairs Association of American Medical Colleges Spring Conference 2007 Changes in Medical Education: Opportunities and Challenges March 22-24, 2007 Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana Register Online:
+++National conferences on Spirituality and Health Choose from 5-day and 1-day research and clinical applications workshops to be held summer 2007. The 5-day research workshop will be held in Durham, North Carolina on July 16-20 and again on August 13-17, and a 1-day clinical applications workshop will be held on August 4.
Send an e-mail to Dr. Koenig (mailto:koenig@geri.duke.edu) for details. Workshop spots are limited so early registration will assure a place in one of these courses.
http://www.dukespiritualityandhealth.org/speakingengagements/ +++Southern Illinois University's annual workshop for SP trainers (Training and Using SPs for Teaching and Assessment) Springfield, Illinois April 30-May 4, 2007. Registration as well as the workshop brochure can be accessed at: http://www.siumed.edu/cme/symposia.html Contact Linda J. Morrison, MSW Director, Clinical Assessment Program Phone: 217-545-4970 or 545-0872 Fax: 217-545-0192 E-mail: mailto:lmorrison@siumed.edu
+++ ASSOCIATION OF STANDARDIZED PATIENT EDUCATORS (ASPE) 6th Annual Conference Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 17-20, 2007 The theme this year is international and inter-professional. The conference welcomes both novice and experienced users of standardized patient (SP) methodology
Strengthening Your Palliative Care Program: A Level II S eminar for Growth & Sustainability DATE: June 21-23, 2007 LOCATION: Disney's Contemporary Resort Orlando, FL https://register.capc.org/June2007Registration
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+++Stanford University /VA Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program
The Stanford University Division of General Internal Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System Are recruiting for a one-year PMRC accredited Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training Program in 2008 and 2009
The aim of this fellowship is to prepare highly qualified physicians to become academic leaders by developing clinical, educational and research skills in Palliative Medicine
Interested applicants should send a CV and a statement of purpose to: VJ Periyakoil, MD, Director, Stanford-VA Palliative Care Fellowship Program, 3801, Miranda Avenue, 100-4A, Palo Alto, CA 94304 mailto:vsperiyakoil@stanford.edu
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