2019 Essentials of Palliative Care and Pain Management for Hospitalists

National Harbor, MD US
March 24, 2019

Palliative care has become critically important in the management of those with serious illness. Hospitalists inherently care for patients with serious illness and are well positioned to make a major impact on their care. Developing and mastering communication skills and complex symptom management using evidence based tools is essential. Join us in these sessions where we will review best practice strategies for communication and provide a foundation to apply pain and symptom management across a continuum of disease states, from relative health to serious illness and end-of-life. Learners of all levels will benefit from this experience.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be better able to:

  1. Describe, observe and practice core communication skills for navigating prognosis and goals of care discussions with seriously ill hospitalized patients and their families.
  2. Identify and apply best practices in pain management in hospitalized patients with serious illness, including rational use of opioid analgesics, appropriate use of adjuvant medications for treating pain and the management of complex pain patients.
  3. Assess and provide effective interventions for non-pain symptoms in hospitalized patients with serious illness, including depression/anxiety, nausea/vomiting, dyspnea, pruritis, and fatigue.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.25 ABIM MOC Self Evaluation Points
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.25 MOC points [and patient safety MOC credit] in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit
  • 6.25 Non-physician
Course opens: 
03/24/2019
Course expires: 
03/24/2022
Event starts: 
03/24/2019 - 8:00am
Event ends: 
03/24/2019 - 4:00pm
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Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
201 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745
United States
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Accreditation Statement

The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this live activity Essentials of Palliative Care and Pain Management for Hospitalists for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.25 ABIM MOC Self Evaluation Points
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.25 MOC points [and patient safety MOC credit] in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit
  • 6.25 Non-physician

Accreditation Period

Course opens: 
03/24/2019
Course expires: 
03/24/2022

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