ENEWS - September, 2006

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1. What's New at www.eperc.mcw.edu
2. Click Here!
3. Virginia Cancer Pain Initiative Offers
End of Life DVD Useful for Teaching
4. New Research Center Accepting Letters of Intent
5. Call for Proposals
6. AAHPM/HPNA Annual Meeting to Include Job Fair
7. Register for Upcoming Audio Conferences
8. Weekly Reading
9. Meetings/Conferences

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1. WHAT'S NEW AT www.eperc.mcw.edu

Fast Fact and Concept #162: Advance Care
Planning in Chronic Illness (9/01/2006)

Fast Fact and Concept #163: Decision Making
in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (9/14/2006)

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2. CLICK HERE!

New at PainEDU - Herbal Treatment for Pain -
An interactive tool for clinicians

National Palliative Care Research Center -
Measurement and Evaluation Tools

The September issue of AMA's Virtual Mentor -
Providing Compassionate Care at the End of Life

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3. VIRGINIA CANCER PAIN INITIATIVE OFFERS END OF
LIFE DVD

The Virginia Cancer Pain Initiative in association
with the Virginia Association for Hospices announces
a new DVD/video "Making Difficult Decisions: An End
of Life Discussion", in which hospice and palliative
care professionals, patients, and family caregivers
offer their perspectives on their experiences and
decisions in end of life care.

The video promotes discussion among professionals
and the public about barriers to good end of life
care, advance planning, hospice and palliative care
options and choices in the final transition.

DVD has accompanying Viewer's Guide with discussion
questions and related resources.

For more information or to order your copy
($10.00 plus shipping), contact Laura Pole at
mailto:Lpchef@earthlink.net

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4. NEW CENTER ACCEPTING LETTERS OF INTENT

The new National Palliative Care Research
Center (NPCRC) is accepting Letters of Intent
online for its pilot/exploratory project
support grants and junior faculty career
development awards in palliative care.

http://tinyurl.com/eslx8

Deadline: November 1, 2006

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5. CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 10th
Anniversary Conference "Mobilizing Partnerships
for Social Change"
April 11 - 14, 2007 in Toronto ON Canada

Details at: www.ccph.info

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6. AAHPM/HPNA ANNUAL MEETING TO INCLUCE JOB FAIR

The Annual Assembly Feb 14-16, 2007 at the
Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City,
will include a Job Fair during the Thursday,
Feb 15, afternoon exhibit hours.

To take advantage of this oppotunity to recruit
healthcare professionals who are devoted to the
areas of palliative care and the management of
terminal illness, return the completed form

to AAHPM as soon as possible.

Meeting participants include specialty areas of:

* Family Practice
* Internal Medicine
* Geriatrics
* Hematology/Oncology
* Palliative Medicine

For information, contact Randi C. Romanek
847-375-4848

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7. REGISTER FOR THESE UPCOMING CAPC AUDIO CONFERENCES

Reaching Out To Your Referring Physicians,
Part II: Consultation Etiquette
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
1:30-2:30 PM Eastern
10:30-11:30 AM Pacific
Featured Speaker: David Weissman, MD
Professor & Director of Palliative Care
Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital
http://tinyurl.com/kswup
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Strengthening the Hospital-Hospice Connection
Through In-Patient Palliative Care
Thursday, October 19, 2006
1:30-2:30 PM Eastern
10:30-11:30 AM Pacific
Featured Speaker:
Mary Ann Gill, MA
Executive Director, Palliative Care Services, Mount Carmel
Philip H. Santa-Emma, MD
Medical Director, Palliative Care Services, Mount Carmel
http://tinyurl.com/k3fdk

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8. WEEKLY READING

+ + + Article Abstracts Available on PubMed + + +
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Meyer EC, Ritholz MD, Burns JP, Truog RD.
Improving the quality of end-of-life care in the
pediatric intensive care unit: parents' priorities
and recommendations.
Pediatrics. 2006 Mar;117(3):649-57.
PubMed ID: 16510643

Hallenbeck J.
Palliative care training for the generalist --
a luxury or a necessity?
J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Sep;21(9):1005-6.
PubMed ID: 16918751

Furman CD, Head B, Lazor B, Casper B, Ritchie CS
Evaluation of an Educational Intervention To
Encourage Advance Directive Discussions between
Medicine Residents and Patients.
J Palliat Med. 2006 Aug;9(4):964-7.
PubMed ID: 16910810

Deitrick GE, Timlin A, Gardner B, Polomano RC
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care World Wide
Web Resources for Geriatrics.
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2006;20(3):47-56.
PubMed ID: 16931482

Rushton CH, Reder E, Hall B, Comello K, Sellers DE,
Hutton N
Interdisciplinary interventions to improve pediatric
palliative care and reduce health care professional
suffering.
J Palliat Med. 2006 Aug;9(4):922-33.
PubMed ID: 16910807

Byock I, Twohig JS, Merriman M, Collins K
Peer-professional workgroups in palliative care:
a strategy for advancing professional discourse
and practice.
J Palliat Med. 2006 Aug;9(4):934-47.
PubMed ID: 16910808

Sullivan AM, Lakoma MD, Billings JA, Peters AS,
Block SD
Creating enduring change: demonstrating the
long-term impact of a faculty development program
in palliative care.
J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Sep;21(9):907-14.
PubMed ID: 16918733

Fineberg IC, Wenger NS, Brown-Saltzman K
Unrestricted opiate administration for pain
and suffering at the end of life: knowledge
and attitudes as barriers to care.
J Palliat Med. 2006 Aug;9(4):873-83.
PubMed ID: 16910802

Ferrell B
Understanding the moral distress of nurses
witnessing medically futile care.
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2006 Sep 1;33(5):922-30.
PubMed ID: 16955120

+ + + THIS MONTH IN JAMA + + +

Terrence Shaneyfelt; Karyn D. Baum; Douglas Bell;
David Feldstein; Thomas K. Houston; Scott Kaatz;

Chad Whelan; Michael Green
Instruments for Evaluating Education in
Evidence-Based Practice: A Systematic Review
JAMA 2006;296 1116-1127 http://tinyurl.com/guwfa

F. Daniel Duffy; Eric S. Holmboe
Self-assessment in Lifelong Learning and Improving
Performance in Practice: Physician Know Thyself
JAMA 2006;296 1137-1139 http://tinyurl.com/em72q

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MEETINGS / CONFERENCES

Pediatric Palliative Care Conference
Friday, October 6, 2006
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
Nashville, TN

To register contact Robin Roller
Phone: (615) 322-3476
Email: robin.roller@vanderbilt.edu

American Association for Cancer Education
October 12-14, 2006
San Diego, CA

2006 Conference on Physician Health
Nov. 30-Dec. 2 in Ottawa, Ontario
Sponsored by the AMA and the Canadian Medical Assn

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