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E-NEWS - January 2008End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center January, 2008 E-NEWS
* * * * * * * 1. What's New at www.eperc.mcw.edu 2. Click Here! 3. ABMS Certification 4. Call for Applications 5. UNIPAC Series at AAHPM Meeting 6. Palliative Care Learning Opportunities for Students 7. Free Palliative Care Mini-Fellowship 8. Weekly Reading 9. Meetings/Conferences 10.Palliative Care Fellowships
û û û û û û 1. WHAT'S NEW AT www.eperc.mcw.edu FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #194: Disclosing Medical Error FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #195: Responding to a Colleague’s Error
SPECIAL FAST FACT NEWS: Fast Facts #80 through #99 have been edited by the authors to include updated information and latest references.
û û û û û û http://endoflife.stanford.edu û û û û û û The first ABMS- recognized hospice and palliative medicine Certification exam is scheduled for Oct. 29, 2008. Candidates will register for the certification exam through the primary board by which they are certified. SEE THE DETAILS on the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine: http://www.aahpm.org/certification/abms.html
û û û û û û The Practice Change Fellows program, designed to develop health care leaders who can effectively promote high quality care to older adults, invites nurses, physicians, and social workers who hold a leadership role in a health organization or institution and have service line or programmatic responsibility for older adult care to apply. Applications details are available at www.practicechangefellows.org. Application deadline for the 2008 award cycle is April 2, 2008.
Fellows receive $90,000 over the two-year program and work with accomplished national mentors to design, implement, and evaluate a new project. This project will ideally focus on an innovative aging- related program or geriatric service line. .
The Practice Change Fellows program is Funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies and the John A. Hartford Foundation
û û û û û û Authors: Porter Storey, M.D., and Carol F. Knight, Ed. M. AAHPM Annual Meeting Attendees -- stop by Mary Ann Liebert Booth 105 to take advantage of the Meeting Discount which includes all eight UNIPACs in print and on one convenient CD-ROM for one price. û û û û û û 6. PALLIATIVE CARE OPPORTUNITIES for STUDENTS
SUMMER PROGRAM The End of Life Education Fellowship Program is a six-week summer experience designed to introduce medical students to end of life care issues. Offered in Chicago, IL and Fort Lauderdale, FL, the End of Life Education Fellowship Program combines an orientation to end of life care with weekly seminars and field placements at local hospices, nursing homes, and inpatient units. This year’s program will take place from June 23-August 1, 2008.
Although students will have to secure their own housing for the program (with assistance from their program site in identifying potential neighborhoods), a stipend will be provided to assist in covering most living expenses. Applications are due Monday, March 24, 2008.
û û û û û û The UCLA Geriatric Education Center, sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation offers a 3-day Mini-Fellowship program dedicated to improving the quality of life of older persons through training the faculty members who are teaching future clinicians. Enrollment is free for all non-geriatrician clinician-educators.
They offer a Palliative Care Track which covers topics such as: Ethics in Advanced Care Planning, Setting Expectations for the Last Hours of Life, Institutional Quality Improvement in Palliative Care and Cultural and Spiritual Issues. Included are interactive sessions such as working with standardized patients and students and developing platform skills. Anne Hu, MPH û û û û û û +++Article Abstracts Available on PubMed+++
Hammel JF, Sullivan AM, Block SD, Twycross R End-of-Life and Palliative Care Education for Final-Year Core competencies in palliative care for surgeons: interpersonal and communication skills.
û û û û û û 9. MEETINGS / CONFERENCES/TRAINING
Training Standardized Patients for Use in Teaching and Assessment Become an EPEC Trainer
Emerging Issues in the Art and Science of Pain and Symptom Management DATE: Saturday, March 15, 2008 SPONSOR: Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY LOCATION: New York, NY HOTEL: New York Marriott Marquis CME: 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM CONTACT: www.chpnet.org/cme For more information, bmastrod@chpnet.org or 212-420-4713
The Program in Palliative Care Education & Practice
Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills April 11 - 13, 2008 Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA - 15.75 CME credits Harvard Medical School's Department of Continuing Education
FREE AUDIO CONFERENCE Dialogue with the Palliative Care Leadership CentersSM Thursday, February 14, 2008 Ask questions and gain insight from CAPC Director, Dr. Diane E. Meier and the faculty of the Palliative Care Leadership CentersSM (PCLC) as they reveal their own successful strategies for program development. http://www.capc.org/support-from-capc/audio-conf/02-14-08/index_html
Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) workshops offered at each of the spring regional GEA meeting. http://www.aamc.org/members/gea/merc.htm
û û û û û û 10. PALLIATIVE CARE FELLOWSHIPS
University of Rochester Medical Center Palliative Care Program is currently offering BE/BC physicians a one-year clinical adult Palliative Medicine Fellowship beginning July 1, 2009 with opportunities for an additional 1-2 years of formal research training if desired. Address inquiries to Timothy E. Quill, MD, Program Director Telephone: (585) 273-1154 E-mail: maria_milella@urmc.rochester.edu Website: www.stronghealth.com/palliative
The University of Minnesota Medical Center , Fairview, Transitions and Life Choices (Palliative Care) Program announces a nine month, full time fellowship in Clinical Social Work in Palliative Care, to begin on September 1, 2008. For a program description and application please visit www.fairview.org/tlc or contact Dot Landis, ACSW, LICSW at 612-273-5893 or dlandis1@fairview.org. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2008.
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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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