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Interdisciplinary Pain Board to Manage Patients with Palliative Care Needs and Substance Use Disorder: A Pilot Study
1. Participants will self-report the ability to develop and evaluate the benefits of an interdisciplinary team-based approach to improve the care of patients with palliative care needs and concurrent substance use disorder.2. Participants will self-report the ability analyze the shared interdisciplinary challenges of caring for patients with palliative care needs and concurrent substance use disorder and identify tools to improve interdisciplinary collaboration. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Sarah H. Given, Kate M. Lally, Isaac Chua Source Type: research

Oxcarbazepine for Head and Neck Cancer-Related Pain in Ambulatory Patients Receiving Palliative Care
1. Recognize the opportunities of utilizing oxcarbazepine for the management of head and neck cancer-related pain.2. Recognize the limitations of utilizing oxcarbazepine for the management of head and neck cancer-related pain. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Lorin Fisher, Bryce Andry, Sara Carr, Kylie Juenger, Hsin Lan Lin Source Type: research

Palliative Care Consults May Reduce Readmission Rates: A Comparison Cohort Study in a Southeastern Academic Center
1. Upon review of the findings, participants will be able to characterize palliative care consultation utilization in a southeastern, academic medical center in a post-pandemic environment.2. Participants will be able to implement similar techniques in analyzing palliative care consultation utilization at other facilities, controlling for similar pathologies, to describe how palliative care consultations affect patient length of stays and readmission rates. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Adam Tyson, Heather Reed-Day, Hillary Davis, Robert Heidel, Erin W. Jackson, Veera Motashaw, Justin Wolfe Source Type: research

Palliative Social Worker Helps in Transitions of Care for Hospice-eligible Patients to Reduce Readmissions
1. Learn that there are vulnerable gaps during transitions of care for hospice-eligible patients going back into the community that may cause preventable readmissions.2. Learn the impact and value of involving Palliative Care Social Worker to ensure patients' and families' goals of care, comprehensive transitions of care handoff, and close collaboration with community facilities. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Matthew Kossin, Isabella Park Source Type: research

Primary Palliative Care Catalysts: A Model for Culture Change with Physician Champions and Specialty Engagement
1. Using interactive case-based discussion, learners will be able to understand barriers to scaling primary palliative care and learn and apply innovative approaches to scale primary palliative care across subspecialties.2. Learners will learn innovative approaches to scale primary palliative care at their home institutions and- develop measures of success for culture change across specialties. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Hannah Whitehead, Scott Schmidt, Monica Guo, Elizabeth Reinking, Ruma Kumar Source Type: research

Promoting Student Wellness in Early Encounters with Seriously Ill and Dying Patients
1. Participants will self-report an enhanced ability to describe preclinical medical and dental students ’ reactions to early observed encounters with seriously ill and dying patients.2. Participants will self-report the ability to appraise and apply interprofessional approaches to supporting student wellness in the context of early clinical exposure. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kirsten G. Engel, Sarah Byrne-Martelli, Barbara M. Hayes, Jessica Goldhirsch, Jeff Kowaleski, Patrick W. Malecha, Kristen G. Schaefer, Dorothy W. Tolchin Source Type: research

Qualitative and Quantitative Impacts of an Inpatient Palliative Care Pharmacist Integration Program
1. Learners will be able to identify high-yield ways to utilize a PC pharmacist to improve patient care and to support PC providers in medication review and prescribing. Learners will also evaluate ways in which working with a pharmacist might increase the quality and experience of PC clinicians ’ work.2. Learners will be able to advocate for integration or collaboration with PC pharmacists at their own medical centers using data demonstrating pharmacists' impact on both patient outcomes and provider experience. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Joanna Sharpless, Iris Chen, Benjamin Michaels, Ashley Thompson, Megan Conrad, Michael Li, Laura A. Schoenherr Source Type: research

Reducing Bias in Opioid Risk Mitigation: Piloting a Pharmacy-Led Mitigation Strategy in Oncology Palliative Care
1. Participants will be able to evaluate the iterative process of establishing a novel, pharmacy-led approach to opioid risk mitigation in the outpatient oncology palliative care setting.2. Using pilot project data, participants will be able to analyze the efficacy of a standardized, pharmacy-led model of opioid risk mitigation and discuss the potential merits and shortcomings of this approach. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Sean Gaffney, Vineeta Rao Source Type: research

Refinement of the Time Limited Trial Conversation Guide for Critically Ill Older Adults in the Emergency Department
1. Understand Time Limited Trial basics – its utility and indications perceived by emergency physicians and seriously ill patients in the ED.2. Identify components of Time Limited Trials that are valued most by seriously ill patients and emergency physicians in an ED setting. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Katherine G. McGough, Kei Ouchi Source Type: research

Rehabilitating the Art of Communication: A Novel Curriculum for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residents
1. Participants will be able to identify the aspects of educational content that are tailored specifically to PM&R residents.2. Participants will be able to explain the curriculum's educational techniques and the acceptability and usefulness of those techniques to PM&R residents. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kendall Downer, Debbie Tan, Julie W. Childers Source Type: research

Restructuring Death Rounds: How to Support Residents Cope with Caring for Dying Patients
1. Utilizing our poster presentation, participants will self-report the ability to create, evaluate, and improve a Death Rounds conference within their own institution.2. Utilizing our poster presentation, participants will self-report the ability to help residents and colleagues who feel distressed when caring for a patient who is dying. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Shannon Fang, Lauren Baumgardner, Benjamin Schwan, Vidya Krishnan Source Type: research

Re-Teaching Hospice & Palliative Medicine to Family Physicians
1. Participants will be able to describe the perception of family medicine students, residents and physicians with regards to competence in providing hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) care.2. Upon successful completion of the information provided, participants will be able to list options and resources for creating a longitudinal program to re-educate learners on HPM. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tochi Iroku-Malize, Lori Attivissimo, Maureen Grissom Source Type: research

Retrospective Review of Pleural Drains for Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusion
1. Particiants will self-report the ability to identify patients with malignant pleural effusions that may benefit from placement of an indwelling pleural drain.2. Participants will self-report the ability to analyze the effect on quality of life associated with placement of indwelling pleural drains for patients with malignant pleural effusions. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Andrew Bosomworth, Annemarie Lam, Thuy Pham, Harry Morrison, Nicky Quinlan Source Type: research

Serious Illness Conversation Training for Primary Care Residents: Feasibility, Effectiveness and Sustainability
1. Describe the components of the modified SIC training, which may increase clinicians ’ comfort levels in having ACP conversations.2. Discuss strategies to enhance clinicians’ ability to engage patients in ACP in primary care settings. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Eriko Onishi, Harry Krulewitch, Erin Gallivan, Cynthia Davis-O'Reilly, Sumathi Devarajan, Seiko Izumi Source Type: research

Social Needs Risk and Patient Outcomes with Supportive Oncology Care
1. Utilizing a poster presentation, participants will self-report the ability to analyze psychosocial intervention effect on patient outcomes among high risk patient populations.2. Utilizing a poster presentation, participants will self-report the ability to evaluate the utility of social needs screening in their setting and feasibility of resource allocation to address patient non-medical needs. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Rebecca Cammy, Joshua Banks Source Type: research