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E-NEWS - October 2007End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center October 30, 2007 E-News
* * * * * * * 1. What's New on www.eperc.mcw.edu 2. Click Here! 3. EPERC at AAMC MEETING 4. Call for Applications -- CAPC Funding 5. Reports of Pain Treatment/Palliative Care Lacking In Poor Counties 6. LCME public hearing on accreditation standards on diversity 7. Weekly Reading 8. Junior Faculty Leadership Retreat 9. Meetings/Conferences
* * * * * * * 1. WHAT'S NEW AT www.eperc.mcw.edu
FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #190: Parenteral Nutrition in Advanced Cancer Patients (10/12/2007)
FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #191: Prognostication in Patients Receiving Dialysis (10/24/2007)
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CAPC Palliative Care Discussion Forum Join CAPC Connect
* * * * * * * 3. EPERC at AAMC MEETING
EPERC will be at AAMC IME Poster Sessions November 4th & 5th, Booth Number 2813 Visit Judi to see progress on the MS-PCE project
* * * * * * * 4. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - CAPC FUNDING
Center to Advance Palliative Care & Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation will award teams from five academic medical centers the opportunity to train at a Palliative Care Leadership Centers (PCLC) site of their choice and receive a full year of mentoring by PCLC expert faculty. The Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation is funding this initiative to enhance palliative care education at medical school--affiliated teaching hospitals through the development of clinical palliative care programs.
Training sites for Building Academic Palliative Care are: • Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Milwaukee, WI • University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) • Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA
The application deadline - December 14, 2007. visit http://www.capc.org/Milbank-scholarship
* * * * * * * 5. REPORTS OF PAIN TREATMENT/PALLIATIVE CARE LACKING IN POOR COUNTRIES
A Report for World Palliative Care Day - Nearly 400 musical events are due to take place in around 85 countries to help raise awareness of the need for palliative care for the terminally ill. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7031182.stm
2nd Article in New York Times Pain Killers in Short Supply in Poor Countries http://tinyurl.com/ysgfyc
* * * * * * * 6. LCME HEARING ON ACCREDITATION STANDARDA IN DIVERSITY
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) will hold a hearing for public comment on proposed changes in accreditation standards relating to diversity. The proposed changes include replacing existing standards on student diversity and faculty diversity with a new standard and annotation to be located in the "Institutional Setting" section of "Functions and Structure of a Medical School," the LCME's accreditation standards document. The full text and rationale for each proposed change can be found on the LCME Web site at http://www.lcme.org/hearing2007.htm
The hearing will take place during the AAMC's annual meeting, on Nov. 6, from 1:00-2:30PM at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Written comments may be forwarded until Dec. 31 to LCME Secretary Dan Hunt, M.D., M.B.A., care of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 2450 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20037, or via e-mail to mailto:lcme@aamc.org Anonymous comments will not be considered. Information: Dan Hunt, M.D., LCME, 202.828.0596, or
* * * * * * * 7. WEEKLY READING
ACADEMIC MEDICINE ONLINE The October issue of Academic Medicine includes a collection of articles on efforts to integrate complementary and alternative medicine into the medical education curriculum. Two of the articles from this issue, as well as this month's editorial, are available for free to non-subscribers: "What Should Students Learn about Complementary and Alternative Medicine?" and "Internal Medicine Resident Perceptions of Optimal Training Duration." http://www.academicmedicine.org
Barnard, D PALLIATIVE CARE CASE OF THE MONTH Hospice and Palliative Care at 40 http://www.dgim.pitt.edu/iepc/case-of-the-month.html
+++Article Abstracts Available on PubMed+++
Schim SM. Raspa R. Crossing disciplinary boundaries in end-of-life education. Journal of Professional Nursing. 23(4):201-7, 2007 Jul-Aug. PUBMED ID: 17675114
Ablett JR. Jones RS. Resilience and well-being in palliative care staff: a qualitative study of hospice nurses' experience of work. Psycho-Oncology. 16(8):733-40, 2007 Aug. PUBMED ID: 17171723
Dickinson GE. End-of-life and palliative care issues in medical and nursing schools in the United States. Death Stud. 2007 Sep;31(8):713-26. PUBMED ID: 17853525
Survival Guide for Palliative Care RNs By andrejskantor Herr is the Palliative Nurse Clinician & Education Coordinator for the Palliative Care Leadership Center at Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio. http://read100.com/andrejskantor
* * * * * * * 8. JUNIOR FACULTY LEADERSHIP RETREAT
Led by the Palliative Medicine Leadership Forum February 27-March 1, 2007 Boston, MA
Junior palliative medicine faculty who are interested in training to be academic leaders are encouraged to apply for this first leadership retreat. Junior faculty participants will interact closely with both junior faculty colleagues, and the 20-30 senior faculty leaders who will be holding their annual retreat.
Up to 16 junior faculty will be chosen for this 2 ½ day meeting (welcome reception/dinner on February 27th). Meals will be provided, using funds from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Participants’ departments are expected to pay travel and room fees. For eligibility criteria and application materials, contact Venus Watson Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 44 Binney Street, SW411 Boston, MA 02115 mailto:venus_watson@dfci.harvard.edu or (617) 582-7859 Applications due December 7, 2007
* * * * * * * 9. MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
Palliative Medicine 2008 - The 12th Annual International Symposium - Cleveland Clinic The Westin – Kierland Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, Arizona March 13-15, 2008 Contact Information & Registration: 1-800-238-6750 or 216-297-7330
+++AUDIO CONFERENCES Sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
(1) Pediatric Palliative Care: State of the Art and Science Tuesday, November 13, 2007 1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Featured speaker, Sarah E. Friebert, MD, FAAP http://www.capc.org/support-from-capc/audio-conf/11-13-07-audio
(2) Family Meetings: A Step-by-Step Guide for Palliative Care Teams Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:30-2:30 PM Eastern Featured Speaker: Lyn Ceronsky MS, APRN, BC http://www.capc.org/support-from-capc/audio-conf/12-11-07-audio
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