Use of Subcutaneous Ketamine for Refractory Pain in Home Hospice Patients: A Case Report
1. Participants will learn different dosing intervals used in two cases where subcutaneous ketamine was used to treat opioid refractory pain.2. Participants will be exposed to outcomes related to pain relief when using subcutaneous ketamine in the home hospice setting. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Hiba Samaha, Anthony Grech, Hesham Shaban Source Type: research
Equity in Palliative Care: Interviews with Leaders of a Sickle Cell Community-Facing Organization
1. Utilizing a narrative-based approach, participants will learn the motivations for creating a culturally-competent, far-reaching community-based organization for an underserved chronic disease (SCD) and apply this knowledge toward better integration of PC.2. Utilizing DEIJB principles, participants will analyze community leader responses to a series of interview questions regarding attitudes/perceptions toward PC and lay the groundwork for an innovative social media-directed collaboration to introduce PC to to the SCD community at-large. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Mgbechi U. Erondu, Stephen Boateng Source Type: research
Variation in US Hospital Policies Addressing Decisions to Withhold and Withdraw Life Sustaining Treatment
1. Attendees will understand the extent US hospital policies address sociodemographic disparities in decisions to withhold or withdraw life sustaining treatment.2. Attendees with learn about reasons hospital policies permit the withholding or withdrawing life sustaining treatment. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Gina Piscitello, Patrick G. Lyons, Valerie Koch, William F. Parker, Michael Huber Source Type: research
Wild Swings of the Pendulum: The Estranged Surrogate Decision Maker in the ICU
1. Gain an understanding of substituted judgment and its historical context in American healthcare.2. Learn effective strategies for eliciting substituted judgment from surrogate decision-makers and develop insights into the dynamics of estrangement and recommended clinician responses when dealing with estranged families in medical decision-making. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Amtul M. Malik, Laura Hofmann, Maleeha Ruhi, Elizabeth L. Cobbs, Mona S. Wilson Source Type: research
"What's that Movement" - Practical Tips for Caring for Children with Serious Neurological Conditions
1. Using a case based approach, participants will be able to distinguish between different types of movement disorders in children with serious neurological impairments.2. Using a case based approach, participants will learn different pharmacological and non pharmacological management techniques for movement disorders in children with serious neurological impairments. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tracy Hills, Heather Riordan, Rachna May Source Type: research
A Weekly Multiple-Choice Quiz for Continuing Education in a Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Team
1. Assess the utility of a weekly multiple-choice question in palliative care team education and development.2. Compare interdisciplinary team performance on multiple-choice questions based on learning objective topic. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Wil L. Santivasi, Jennifer H. Gentry, Christopher A. Jones, David J. Casarett Source Type: research
Empowering Hospital Social Workers with Goals-of-Care Skills Training Using Simulation
1. Participants will be able to learn how to design an effective communication skills training workshop for hospital social workers.2. Participants will be able to review Serious Illness Conversation Guide modified for use by hospital social workers for goals of care discussions with patients. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Nancy McCool, Jennifer Reidy, Shawna Steadman, Vandana Nagpal Source Type: research
Improving Pediatric Residents ’ Comfort and Facility with End-of-Life Care with a Just-In-Time Online Module
1. Participants will be able to learn how a just-in-time module can be constructed to address both resident needs and palliative care teaching goals.2. Participants will be able to describe different ways in which a just-in-time module can improve residents ’ experience with the provision of end-of-life care. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Ryan Jenkins, Andrea Nicholson, Emily P. Ernest, Kaitlyn Foreman, Kate Cicozi, Lisa H. Humphrey 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
A Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum Ensures Competency in Discussing Goals of Care for ICU Clinicians
1. Upon successful completion, participants will be able to describe the model of simulation-based mastery learning (SBML) for medical education and how to apply to communication skills.2. Upon successful completion, participants will be able to describe outcomes from our curriculum and integrate and employ new methodology for teaching Late Goals of Care Conversations using a competency-based medical education approach. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Natalie Munger, Gordon Wood, Julia H. Vermylen, Elaine R. Cohen, Melanie M. Smith, James Walter Source Type: research
Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults with Limited Income: Results and Recommendations from a Qualitative Study
1. Using a didactic and interactive learning approach, participants will self-report the ability to comprehend and apply the consideration of adverse childhood experiences when initiating advance care planning with patients, particularly those with overlapping disadvantages (e.g., low income, disability).2. Using a didactic and interactive learning approach, participants will self-report the ability to comprehend and apply the basics of trauma-informed care principles to advance care planning discussions. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Christine C. Kimpel, Jana Lauderdale, David G. Schlundt, Mary S. Dietrich, Amy C. Ratcliff, Cathy A. Maxwell Source Type: research
Implementing an End of Life Curriculum in a National Cohort of Emergency Medical Services Clinicians
1. Participants will better comprehend EMS clinician prior experience, confidence and subject knowledge caring for and communicating for patients near the end of life.2. Participants will learn strategies on how to target clinical and communication skills training for EMS clinicians. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Amelia Breyre, David H. Wang, Charles Dunn, Justin K. Brooten, Brian Gacioch, Michael Taigman, Zili He Source Type: research
From their Perspective: Primary Palliative Care Educational Needs for Non-Palliative Care Trainees
1. Learners will learn how to evaluate how to use a survey to identify gaps in PPC education for non-PPC providers2. Learners will learn how PPC educational needs vary across different specialties. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Elizabeth Bryant, Rachel Moquin, Shannon Devlin Source Type: research
The Use of Digital Expressive Narrative Art Among Adolescents and Young Adults Living With Advanced Cancer (RP203)
1. The learner will see visual depictions of hope based on drawings from this sample.2. The learner will be able to learn and apply art activities as a tool to help patients explore and describe their lived experiences with advanced cancer. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Robert Bennett, Verna L. Hendricks-Ferguson, Leara Glinzak, Heather Coats Source Type: research
