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Understanding the Supportive Needs of South Asian Breast Cancer Survivors and their Family Caregivers
1. Describe the cultural context of breast cancer and family caregiving among South Asians, such as stigma and gender expectations.2. Describe the unmet individual and community needs and propose potential solutions to address them. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Ranak Trivedi, Shreya Desai, Akanksha Jain, Nainwant Singh, Veena Manja, Lidia Schapira, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Karl Lorenz Source Type: research

Primary Addiction Training for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows: A National Survey of Program Directors
1. Describe the current landscape of learning opportunities on substance use, misuse, and use disorder integrated into Hospice and Palliative medicine fellowship training across the country.2. Examine high priority gaps in educational resources that support teaching relevant primary addiction medicine knowledge and skills to specialty Hospice and Palliative medicine fellows. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Janet Ho, Julie W. Childers Source Type: research

Voices of Loss and Grief
1. Describe the experiences of grief of loved ones and caregivers for diverse types of loss and at different stages of the life cycle.2. Describe the impact of continuous loss on clinicians who work with patients and their families at end of life.This pre-conference interdisciplinary workshop is designed to engage learners with grief experiences from diverse types of loss through the lens of 3 different panel discussions: Diane Shader Smith, the mother of Mallory who died of CF and whose memoir has been shared in the book "Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life" and the film of the same title, reviewed by the NYT. (Source: Jo...
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Esther Ammon, Diane Shader Smith, Mike Spector, Ana T. Stafford, Charisse Lee, Chris Onderdonk, Susan Linzey, Matthew Gonzales, Shireen N. Heidari FAAHPM, Eleanor M. Frechette, Justin N. Baker Source Type: research

Disparities in Access to Palliative Care: Geographic Distribution of Palliative Care Specialists in 2022
1. Describe the geographic distribution of hospice and palliative medicine board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners in the United States.2. Compare the distribution of hospice and palliative medicine board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners by state, metropolitan status, and area-level socioeconomic status. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Yingtong Chen, Julia Frydman, Karen McKendrick, Jonathan Wun, Nathan Goldstein, R. Sean Morrison, Laura P. Gelfman Source Type: research

After the Legislation Passes: How California's Palliative Care Mandate is Being Met Five Years Later
1. Describe the impact of California's Medicaid palliative care mandate, in terms of care delivery and payment structures, access for the target population, and expansion to additional populations.2. Summarize key lessons learned from the first five years of the California Medicaid palliative care mandate. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Anne Kinderman, Kathleen M. Kerr Source Type: research

Learning Outcomes with Infographics vs. Text: Educating Informal Caregivers about Medications
1. Describe the impact of medication education using an infographic vs. a text-only information sheet on immediate knowledge retention about two commonly used medications in serious illness.2. Describe the impact of medication education using an infographic vs. a text-only information sheet on intrinsic, extraneous and germane cognitive load about two commonly used medications in serious illness. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Mary Lynn McPherson, Christina Cestone, Violet Kulo, Hyun-Jin Jun, Karen Gordes, Andy K. Stanfield, Denys T. Lau Source Type: research

Perinatal Palliative Care Pilot Study: An Innovative Theory-based Telehealth Intervention
1. Describe the important components of a perinatal palliative care intervention based on Developmental and Caring Theories.2. Explain two challenges of training nurse interventionists using role play. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Erin M. Denney-Koelsch, Denise Cote-Arsenault, Kathie Kobler, Samah Hawsawi Source Type: research

Listening to Many Voices: Serious Illness Communication Preferences Among Black and Latino Patients
1. Describe the inequities in access to effective and culturally appropriate serious illness communication for historically marginalized populations.2. Highlight findings of a qualitative study focused on understanding how Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Spanish-speaking patients prefer to have serious illness conversations. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Miranda Ravicz, Keri A. Sullivan, Jose Lizarazo Aranga, Kelly Vo, Joanna Paladino, Susan Edgman-Levitan, Carine Davila Source Type: research

Quality of Life, Symptom Burden, and Prognostic Perceptions Among Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis
1. Describe the physical and psychological symptom burden of an ambulatory cohort of patients with decompensated cirrhosis.2. Describe the association between self-reported terminally ill health status and quality of life, physical symptom burden, anxiety, and depression in an ambulatory cohort of patients with decompensated cirrhosis. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Nneka Ufere, Lucinda Li, John Donlan, Teresa Indriolo, Joyce C. Zhou, Alyson Kaplan, Alan Noll, Nancy Mason, Kirsten G. Engel, Michaela Rowland, Jennifer Lai, Maria O. Edelen, Chengbo Zeng, Kedie Pintro, Nora Horick, Areej El-Jawahri Source Type: research

People with Serious Illness Experience Healthcare Inequities in Patient-Clinician Communication
1. Describe the prevalence of certain communication-related healthcare experiences from a large, nationally representative sample of US adults.2. Highlight that people with serious illness are more likely to have negative communication-related healthcare experiences that clinicians should recognize to communicate and care for them more effectively. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Carine Davila, Stephanie H. Chan, Sarah Nouri, Anna Gosline, Zamawa Arenas, Jane E. Kavanagh, Brian Feltz, Christine S. Ritchie Source Type: research

Perspectives on Aging and Illness by Homeless Adults Receiving Street Medicine
1. Describe the street medicine model of care, how it differentiates from other models, and where it sits on the continuum of care.2. Identify the unique challenges faced by people experiencing unsheltered homelessness as they age and manage serious illness while living outside. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Alexis Coulourides Kogan, Anuva Mittal, Enya Lowe, Corinne Feldman Source Type: research

Transdermal Buprenorphine: A Safer Option for Dyspnea and Rhinorrhea in End-Stage Pulmonary Disease
1. Describe the unique pharmacological properties of buprenorphine.2. Identify a novel treatment option for the symptomatic treatment of end-stage pulmonary diseases. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Siji Thomas, Leanne K. Jackson Source Type: research

Five Year Experience of Concurrent Dialysis and Hospice: Outcomes and Perspectives
1. Describe two ways a concurrent hospice-dialysis program positively impacts end-of-life care for patients living with end-stage kidney disease.2. Identify three resources needed to implement effective concurrent hospice and dialysis care. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Natalie C. Ernecoff, Jane O. Schell, Robert Taylor, Douglas Johnson Source Type: research

Speed Dating with the Pharmacy Ladies
1. Discuss 3 pearls related to pharmacology of palliative medications.2. Discuss 3 pearls related to appropriateness of maintenance medications in EOL care. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kathryn Walker, Mary Lynn McPherson Source Type: research

Meaningful Display of Legacy Items Among Families Experiencing a Perinatal, Neonatal, or Infant Death
1. Discuss how families use perinatal palliative legacy items after they return to the community.2. Understand how perinatal palliative legacy items can affect deceased infant identity in the family. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Victor Smith, Ruchi Kaushik, Mariza Rodriguez, Rachel Vandermeer Source Type: research