E-NEWS - June 2007

End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center June 22, 2007 E-News

Happy Summer!

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1. What's New on www.eperc.mcw.edu

2. Click Here!

3. Year-long Mentoring Program

4. AHRQ "State Snapshots"

5. Weekly Reading

6. Meetings/Conferences

7. Fellowship

8. Job Opportunity

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1. WHAT'S NEW AT www.eperc.mcw.edu  

FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #181: Oral Oxymorphone FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #182: Xerostomia

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2. CLICK HERE!

The Case of the Month: "Where is God?"

http://www.dgim.pitt.edu/iepc/case-of-the-month.html

Available for PC professionals from The University of Pittsburgh Institute to Enhance Palliative Care http://www.dgim.pitt.edu/iepc/IEPC_brochure.pdf

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3. YEAR-LONG MENTORING PROGRAM

The AAHPM's College of Palliative Care (CPC) Year-long Mentoring Program funds mentor/mentee pairs to focus on professional development in education, research, clinical care and administration. The program is open to physicians, nurses, and social workers and their senior mentors from another institution who will benefit from regular contact over the course of one year.

http://www.aahpm.org/about/YearLongMentorship.html

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4. AHRQ "STATE SNAPSHOTS"

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released its "State Snapshots" report, detailing state-specific, quality-related health care data. The information contains areas of strength, weakness, and opportunities for improvement on quality measures, with the goal of helping state officials and their partners better understand health care quality and disparities. In addition, AHRQ recently unveiled a new resource, "Mistake- Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes," containing various tools designed to help providers improve the delivery of care within their settings.

Information: For "State Snapshots," go to http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/statesnapshots/index.jsp

+++THANKS to AAMCSTAT+++

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5. WEEKLY READING

+++Article Abstracts Available on PubMed+++

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Chipman JG. Beilman GJ. Schmitz CC. Seatter SC.

  Development and pilot testing of an OSCE for difficult

conversations in surgical intensive care.

Journal of Surgical Education 64(2):79-87, 2007 Mar-Apr.

PubMed ID#:

Whalen GF, Kutner J, Byock I, Gerard D, Stovall E, Sieverding P, Ganz PA, Krouse RS

Implementing Palliative Care Studies

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 May 31 PubMed ID#: 17544245

Morrison LJ, Scott JO, Block SD

Developing Initial Competency-based Outcomes for the

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Subspecialist: phase

I of the hospice and palliative medicine competencies

project.

J Palliat Med. 2007 Apr; 10(2):313-30.

PubMed ID#: 17472502

Stjernsward J, Foley KM, Ferris FD

The public health strategy for palliative care J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 May; 33(5):486-93.

PubMed ID#: 17482035

Giannini A

Ethics and end-of-life care in the new training

curriculum for ICU physicians in Italy.

Intensive Care Med. 2007 Jun; 33(6):1043-5. Epub 2007 Apr 28. PubMed ID#: 17468846

Carter BS, Guthrie SO

Utility of morbidity and mortality conference in

end-of-life education in the neonatal intensive

care unit J Palliat Med. 2007 Apr; 10(2):375-80.

PubMed ID#: 17472509

Baker JN, Torkildson C, Baillargeon JG, Olney CA, Kane JR

National survey of pediatric residency program

directors and residents regarding education in

palliative medicine and end-of-life care J Palliat Med. 2007 Apr; 10(2):420-9.

PubMed ID#: 17472514

Kwok T, Twinn S, Yan E

The attitudes of Chinese family caregivers of older

people with dementia towards life sustaining treatments J Adv Nurs. 2007 May; 58(3):256-62.

PubMed ID#: 17474914

Gwyther L, Rawlinson F

Palliative medicine teaching program at the University

of Cape Town: integrating palliative care principles

into practice.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 May;33(5):558-62.

PubMed ID#: 17482047

Monturo CA, Strumpf NE

Advance directives at end-of-life: nursing home

Resident preferences for artificial nutrition J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007 May; 8(4):224-8. Epub 2007 Apr 19.

PubMed ID#: 17498605

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6. MEETINGS/CONFERENCES

August 3 & 4, 2007

Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care - Emergency Medicine (EPEC-EM) Beta Test Conference Chicago O'Hare Hilton Presented by the Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care Project (EPEC™) Contact Derek Jarvis, Research Study Programs Coordinator Buehler Center on Aging, Health, and Society Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University mailto:dmjarvis@northwestern.eduhttp://www.cme.northwestern.edu/conferences/index.html

312-503-2914

Wednesday, July 12, 2007

5th Annual Clinical Skills Education and Assessment – Chicago Style Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine Clinical Education Center of the Office of Medical Education and Faculty Development http://www.cme.northwestern.edu/conferences/index.html

(312) 503-8533

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7. FELLOWSHIIP

What – Fellowship Program through UT College of

Medicine & Hospice of Chattanooga When Starting – July 2008 Where – Hospice of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN How long - 1 Year Fellowship Training Program How to Apply – Use Fellowship Applications Forms

Interested Fellows contact: Gigi Ellis at gigi_ellis@hospiceofchattanooga.org

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8. JOB OPPORTUNITY

The University of California, Irvine is seeking a board- certified/board-eligible palliative medicine physician to serve as a hospitalist and an assistant clinical professor. The candidate needs to be board-certified/board-eligible in internal medicine.  Training in geriatrics is preferred. Interested individuals please contact Solomon Liao, MD at mailto:ssliao@uci.edu or 714-456-5003.