Hospice and Palliative Care– In the Division of General Internal Medicine

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Date Palliative Medicine Core Curriculum Sessions, Thursdays, MSOB Rm 248, 11am ABIM Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blueprint ACGME Core Competencies
17-Jul Orientation All faculty    
24-Jul Case conference Shah    
31-Jul Q & A Fellows forum Fellows    
7-Aug Approach to palliative care consults Harman Approach to care Patient and family care
14-Aug Imminent death, death pronouncement, and post-death care Hallenbeck Impending death Medical knowledge, patient and family care
21-Aug The family meeting Hallenbeck Communication and teamwork Interpersonal and communication skills, patient and family care
28-Aug Pathophysiology of pain; acute vs. chronic pain syndromes Periyakoil Medical management Medical knowledge
4-Sep Opioids in the management of pain Periyakoil Medical management Medical knowledge
11-Sep Dyspnea: pathophysiology, assessment and management Hsin Medical management Medical knowledge
18-Sep Nausea & Vomiting: pathophysiology, assessment and management Hsin Medical management Medical knowledge
25-Sep Overview of Cancer: symptom presentation & patterns of disease Egan Prognostication and natural history of serious illness Medical knowledge, patient and family care
2-Oct Patient response to illness and caregiver burden: psychological distress and coping  Chan Psychosocial and spiritual considerations Patient and family care, interpersonal and communication skills
9-Oct Quality improvement and patient safety in palliative medicine Periyakoil Medical management Practice-based learning and improvement
16-Oct Systems and venues of care Hallenbeck Approach to care Systems based practice
23-Oct Grief and Bereavement Chan Grief and bereavement Patient and family care, interpersonal and communication skills
30-Oct Discontinuation of technological support Harman Medical management, impending death Medical knowledge, patient and family care
6-Nov Non-pain symptoms: part I Hsin/Egan Medical management Medical knowledge
13-Nov Non-pain symptoms: part II Hsin/Egan Medical management Medical knowledge
20-Nov Delirium and psychotropic medications in palliative medicine TBA Medical management Medical knowledge
27-Nov Holiday      
4-Dec Dynamics of interdisciplinary care Hallenbeck Communication and teamwork Professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills
11-Dec Ethical considerations in medical decision-making TBA Ethical and legal decision-making Professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills
18-Dec Wound Care TBA Medical management Medical knowledge
25-Dec Holiday      
1-Jan Holiday      
8-Jan Addressing spiritual suffering TBA Psychosocial and spiritual considerations Patient and family care, interpersonal and communication skills
15-Jan Palliative Medicine emergencies TBA Medical management Medical knowledge
22-Jan Neuropathic pain: assessment and management TBA Medical management Medical knowledge
29-Jan Review of pharmacology in palliative medicine Ferrarisi Medical management Medical knowledge
5-Feb Communications 201: High-context communications, ambiguity, and metaphor Hallenbeck Communication and teamwork Interpersonal and communication skills
12-Feb Fatigue, stress, and burnout in providers Harman Ethical and legal decision-making Professionalism
19-Feb Coma, vegetative states, and brain death Harman Medical management Medical knowledge
26-Feb Endstage non-cancer diseases and prognostication TBA Prognostication and natural history of serious illness Medical knowledge
5-Mar Cultural collisions: addressing cross-cultural issues in palliative medicine Periyakoil Psychosocial and spiritual considerations Interpersonal and communication skills, patient and family care
12-Mar Management of ALS patients TBA Medical management Medical knowledge, systems based practice
19-Mar Pediatrics and palliative medicine TBA Medical management Medical knowledge, systems based practice
26-Mar AAHPM conference      
2-Apr Hospice Medicare Benefit Revisited TBA Approach to care Systems based practice
9-Apr Common complications of malignancies: assessment and management Egan Medical management Medical knowledge
16-Apr Toxicities of chemotherapy agents Martin Medical management Medical knowledge
23-Apr Geriatrics and palliative medicine TBA Prognostication and natural history of serious illness Medical knowledge, systems based practice
30-Apr Ethics and the law in palliative medicine: policies and procedures Hsin/Hallenbeck Ethical and legal decision-making Professionalism
7-May Requests for hastened death and palliative sedation Hallenbeck Medical management, ethical and legal decision-making  Medical knowledge
14-May Skills workshop: Developing your own scripts TBA Communication and teamwork Interpersonal and communication skills
21-May Interventional pain management TBD (Mackey/Gaeta) Medical management Medical knowledge
28-May Research Methodology Periyakoil   Practice-based learning and improvement
4-Jun Anxiety, grief, and depression Periyakoil Grief and bereavement Interpersonal and communication skills, patient and family care
11-Jun Beyond the medicine: physician leadership skills TBA   Practice-based learning and improvement
18-Jun When does dying begin? Hallenbeck Impending death Medical knowledge, patient and family care
25-Jun Interventional non-pain symptom management: surgical and IR consultation TBA Medical management Medical knowledge, systems based practice
2-Jul Frontiers in palliative medicine TBA    
9-Jul End of the year review Faculty    

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