E-News - May 18, 2006
1. What's New at www.eperc.mcw.edu
2. Click Here!
3. Online Education Program on Medicare
Part D for MS
4. Addressing Pain in Adults with Severe
Cognitive Impairment
5. Board Certification Application Deadline
Approaching
6. NQF Releases Palliative Care Framework Document
7. Weekly Reading
8. Meetings/Conferences
9. AMA Survey Studying Katrina, Rita
1. WHAT'S NEW
Fast Fact and Concept #155: Completing a Death
Certificate
Authors: Nikkisha Prentice and Robert Arnold, MD
FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #155: Evaluating Requests for Hastened Death
Authors: Tim Quill, MD and Robert Arnold, MD
Fast Fact Index
2. CLICK HERE!
http://www.healcentral.org
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a
digital library that provides freely accessible
digital teaching resources of the highest quality
that meet the needs of today's health sciences
educators and learners.
http://nsdl.org/about/index.php
National Science Digital Library Project
http://www.ifpma.org/clinicaltrials.html
IFPMA and IBM announce the development of Clinical
Trials Portal that they hope will enable doctors
and patients to find potentially useful trials and
to make more informed medical decisions based on
past trials.
3. ONLINE EDUCATION PROGRAM ON MEDICARE PART D
FOR MS
"Medicare Part D: Implications for Physicians and
Patients" was developed by the Kenneth Alford Medical
Education Center, the continuing-medical-education
arm of the institute. It is available to the public
at no charge: http://tinyurl.com/fbk48
4. ASSESSING PAIN IN ADULTS WITH SEVERE COGNITIVE
IMPAIRMENT - From HFA
The HFA offers a PDF of the chapter from their companion
book, Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap
Between Knowledge and Practice, that discusses assessing
pain in adults with severe cognitive impairment.
Authors: Keela Herr, PhD, RN, and Sheila Decker, PhD
and gerontological nurse practitioner.
Find the PDF version of this chapter at: http://tinyurl.com/fvvyc
5. BOARD CERTIFCATION EXAM APPLICATION DEADLINE
APPROACHING
Application deadline for the 2006 ABHPM certification
exam is May 31, 2006. The application is available
on-line at www.abhpm.org.
Any questions may be directed
to the ABHPM office at mail@abhpm.org
6. PRESS RELEASE: NQF RELEASES PALLIATIVE CARE FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT
The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP) announced that the National Quality Forum (NQF) has released A National Framework for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality Measurement and Reporting, a palliative care document based on and complementary to the NCP's Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care. Please read the press release for more details.
7. WEEKLY READING
+ + FREE on MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE + +
Gurusamy Sivagnanam, MD, Simansalam Saraswathi,
M Pharm, Aiyalu Rajasekaran, M Pharm, PhD
Student-Led Objective Tutorial (SLOT) in Medical Education
Download the PDF of this article at www.med-ed-online.org/volume11.htm#T0000087
+ + FREE from QUALITY OF LIFE MATTERS + +
Quarterly Newsletter Designed for Hospice Physicians
Current Issue - http://www.qolpublishing.com/U.S.Version.htm
Former Issue Highlight: Review Article in RESEARCH MONITOR section (pg 4)
entitled, Attending Physicians Can Use 'Teachable Moments' to Improve Care of Dying Patients http://www.qolpublishing.com/documents/FMA2006Newsletter_000.pdf
+ + Go to Pubmed for these article abstracts http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov + +
Wilson DM, Justice C, Sheps S, Thomas R, Reid P, Leibovici K
Planning and providing end-of-life care in rural areas.
J Rural Health. 2006 Spring;22(2):174-81.
PubMed#: 16606431
Basta LL
End-of-life and other ethical issues related to pacemaker and defibrillator use in the elderly.
Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2006 Mar-Apr;15(2):114-7.
PubMed#: 16525225
Goodman DC, Stukel TA, Chang CH, Wennberg JE
End-of-life care at academic medical centers: implications for future workforce requirements.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 Mar-Apr;25(2):521-31.
PubMed#: 16522606
Whittaker E, George Kernohan W, Hasson F, Howard V, McLaughlin D
The palliative care education needs of nursing home staff.
Nurse Educ Today. 2006 Mar 3;.
PubMed#: 16517029
Heyland DK, Dodek P, Rocker G, Groll D, Gafni A, Pichora D, Shortt S, Tranmer J, Lazar N, Kutsogiannis J, Lam M
What matters most in end-of-life care: perceptions of seriously ill patients and their family members.
CMAJ. 2006 Feb 28;174(5):627-33.
PubMed#: 16505458
Jerant, A.F.; Azari,R.S.; Nesbitt,T.S.; Edwards-Goodbee, A.; Meyers, F.J.
The Palliative Care in Assisted Living (PCAL) pilot study: successes, shortfalls, and methodological implications
Soc.Sci.Med., 2006, 62, 1, 199-207
PubMed#: 15987662
+ + From BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL + +
Marie Fallon, Geoffrey Hanks, Nathan Cherny
ABC of palliative care: Principles of control of cancer pain
BMJ 2006;332:1022-1024 (29 April)
http://tinyurl.com/h2gj4
Lesley Colvin, Karen Forbes, Marie Fallon
ABC of palliative care: Difficult pain
BMJ 2006;332:1081-1083 (6 May)
http://tinyurl.com/g2mb7
8. MEETINGS / CONFERENCES
Audio Conference - There's still time to register
Hospitalists and Palliative Care: A Win-Win Partnership
May 18, 2006
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern
10:30 - 11:30 AM Pacific
http://tinyurl.com/z69st
AACPI's ANNUAL MEETING
June 15-17
Phoenix, AZ
Featured Speaker: Dr. Joanne Lynn, a hospice and long-term care physician, ethicist, health policy expert, and author, Dr. Lynn is an internationally known leader in helping terminally ill persons improve their quality of life. Register by April 21 and save $50. Meeting info and registration form available at www.aacpi.wisc.edu
SOCIAL WORK END-OF-LIFE EDUCATION WORKSHOP
Rochester, New York
August 1 & 2, 2006
2-day workshop includes intermediate and advanced social work skills crucial to effective
social work intervention. The format is designed to enhance critical thinking abilities and to
support social workers in their daily practice.
Registration: $300; CEU's available.
Registration form available for download at www.stoppain.org
Deadline - July 18, 2006
Contact Terry Altilio, LCSW at 212-844-1467
16th International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill
September 26-29, 2006 at the Palais des Congrès
(Montréal Convention Centre), Montréal, Canada
http://www.pal2006.com/index-e.html
Promoting Excellence in Pain Management& Palliative Care for Social Workers Conference
Presented By: City of Hope National Medical Center
& Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative (SCCPI)
September 27, 2006
Duarte CA
Contact: Maggie Johnson
Website: http://sccpi.coh.org
Board Review for American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
October 5-6, 2006
10th Annual Interdisciplinary Approach to Symptom
Control, Palliative and Hospice Care Conference
October 7-8, 2006
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
713-792-2223 or toll free at 866-849-5866
http://tinyurl.com/j42dk
Building Palliative Care Programs in Hospitals: Tools and Strategies for Success
Dates: November 2 - 4, 2006
Intercontinental Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Information - http://www.capc.org
CAPC Events Line at (212) 201-2680
9. AMA SURVEY STUDYING KATRINA, RITA
The AMA -- in collaboration with Tulane University --
is conducting a survey of all physicians in Gulf
Coast locations designated by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as disaster areas following last
year's hurricanes. The goal is to gain an understanding
of current practice conditions and to help physicians
prepare for future potential disasters.
If you are a physician one of these areas, please visit http://www.surveysolutions.com/ama/hurricane06.htm to
obtain your pass code and complete the survey.
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