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We develop conferences, didactic lectures, fellowships, email
discussion groups, and courses for professionals and patients to assist in
their advancement and understanding of pain medicine and palliative care.
CME Symposium: Hospice and Palliative Care:
2011 Update for the Specialist Team
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
8:00 AM - 5:25 PM (ET)
We are pleased to post slides from our recent conference, “Hospice and Palliative Care: 2011 Update for the Specialist Team,” a CME conference which was jointly sponsored by the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care of Beth Israel Medical Center and MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care. The conference, attended by over 294 professionals, took place at the New York Marriott Marquis on November 29, 2011.
Please click on the links below to view slides from the following plenary and breakout presentations:
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Pain Assessment and Diversity
Lara Dhingra, PhD, and Toby Weiss, MSOD |
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Music Therapy as a Family Systems Approach to Addressing the Stressors of Hospitalization
John Mondanaro, MA, LCAT,MT-BC, CCLS, and Bernardo Canga,MMT |
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Difficult Conversations Related to End-of-Life Care
Susan Conceicao, LCSW-R, and Suzanne Hanen, NP |
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The Many Faces of Caregiver Distress and Burden
Myra Glajchen, DSW |
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Diagnosis and Management of Delirium
Serife Eti, MD |
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Creative Arts Therapy Across the Continuum of Care
Matthew Israel, MA, and Yelena Zatulovsky, LCAT, MA, MT-BC, CCLS |
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Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care
Debra F. Fox, FNP-BC, CHPN |
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Pain in Children, Evaluation and Management
Katherine Leonard, MD |
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Management of Constipation
Ebtesam Ahmed, PharmD |
Other breakout presentations not available online:
When Pain Is an Emergency: Recognition and Assessment
Anne F.Walsh, ANP-BC, CWOCN, CDE, ACHPN, APRN-BC
Treatment Strategies When Pain Must be Relieved Quickly
Bernard Lee, MD
Spiritual Distress and Pastoral Care in a Diverse Population
Rabbi Charles Rudansky
Assessment and Management of Anxiety and Depression.
Brenda Matti-Orozco, MD
Symposium Overview
Pain and symptom management is essential for all patient populations, but especially for those receiving palliative care or end-of-life care. This conference highlights the importance of pain and symptom management in the setting of advanced illness through an interdisciplinary approach involving physicians, nurses, social workers and other members of the health care team. The impact of complex issues, including culture, psychosocial status, spiritual distress, and interdisciplinary team stressors, will be discussed by an experienced faculty who are working members of a palliative care team.
View the conference brochure (.pdf)
At the conclusion of this symposium, attendees will be able to:
- Discuss the issues involved in the development and progress of palliative care in the international, national, state and local arenas, and recognize the key factors involved in development, sustainability and compliance.
- Describe the management of pain in advanced illness, including issues in assessment, cultural diversity, and emergency situations, and recognize current advances in pain management.
- Assess and manage the impact of psychiatric and psychosocial issues on patients and families, including caregiver burden and delirium, and understand the use of the creative arts as a therapeutic tool.
- Assess and manage anxiety, depression and constipation in the palliative care population.
- Assess and manage symptom distress in the pediatric palliative care population.
- Analyze and implement quality improvement programs in palliative care.
- Understand team stressors and their management.
Policy on Faculty and Provider Disclosure
It is the policy of Beth Israel Medical Center and St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals that faculty and providers disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled / unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Beth Israel Medical Center and St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals have established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity.
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Beth Israel Medical Center Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care and MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care. Beth Israel Medical Center & St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
Beth Israel Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The organizers have applied for continuing education credit from the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The organizers have applied for continuing education credit under the auspices of the National Association of Social Workers New York State Continuing Education Recognition Program.
For more information, please contact:
Beth Israel Medical Center
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Phone: 212-420-4713
Fax: 212-844-1700
Website: www.chpnet.org/cme
Email: ksgaston@chpnet.org
 
CME Symposium: Emerging Practices in Pain and Chemical
Dependency:
2011 Update on the Clinical Use of Drugs of Abuse
Friday and Saturday, March 18 & 19, 2011
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New York Marriott Marquis
New York, NY
This is a CME symposium on the interface between pain and chemical dependency,
with a special emphasis on prescription drugs with abuse potential. The goals
of this conference are to provide the best evidence, the practical framework,
and the clinical guidelines necessary for the safe and effective use of opioids
and other controlled substances in pain management.While opioids and other
drugs can be extremely beneficial for carefully selected patients with chronic
pain, safe and effective long-term therapy requires skill in optimizing the
balance between analgesia and side effects, and in assessing and managing
the risks associated with drug abuse, addiction and diversion. This symposium
will describe the challenges faced by patients, clinicians, and society in
general when prescription drugs are used inappropriately. Topics discussed
will include key mechanisms underlying the diverse effects of opioid drugs
and other controlled substances, the complex management issues posed by the
heterogeneity of the patient populations with acute and chronic pain, evidence-based
guidelines for opioid pharmacotherapy, and the issues that must be faced by
clinicians prescribing controlled substances in the current regulatory and
legal environment. This conference also offers participants the opportunity
to discuss their own cases with colleagues.
The objectives are as follows:
- Evaluate the ongoing controversies regarding opioid therapy for nonmalignant pain, based
on evidence from randomized controlled trials and observational studies.
- Recognize the risks involved with prescription drug treatment – abuse, addiction and
diversion – and understand how to identify “at risk” patients.
- Determine what actions to take to structure and optimize treatment and manage
prescription drug abuse.
- Examine the interface between analgesia and addiction.
- Assess whether opioid therapy is appropriate for the management of pain in special
populations, and know the steps to take to optimize outcomes.
- Manage opioid side effects, and understand the risks of opioid-induced hyperalgesia and
methadone cardiac toxicity.
- Assess the use of abuse-deterrent opioids and cannabinoids.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of urine drug screening.
- Understand the current regulatory and legal climate, both local and federal, concerning
prescription of controlled substances, and the ongoing efforts to effect policy change.
Beth Israel Medical Center designated this educational activity for a maximum
of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
View the program
(.pdf)
Conference Organizer:
Beth Israel Medical Center
Office of CME
Phone: (212) 420-4713
Fax: (212) 844-1700
Email: ksgaston@chpnet.org
CME Symposium: Pain Management in the Interdisciplinary Practice of Palliative Care
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)
New York Marriott Marquis
New York, NY
This CME symposium will highlight the importance of managing pain in the setting of
advanced illness through an interdisciplinary approach
involving physicians, nurses, social workers and other members of the health care team.
Best practices in the pharmacologic management of pain will be discussed, in tandem
with diverse nonpharmacologic strategies. The impact of complex issues, including
medical frailty, culture, psychosocial status, and spiritual distress, will be discussed by an
experienced faculty who are working members of a palliative care team.
The objectives were as follows:
- Describe the pharmacologic management of pain, discuss side effect profiles
of opioid drugs, and determine if the benefit of opioid therapy outweighs
the possible adverse effects in a medically ill patient.
- Discuss nonpharmacologic and interventional approaches to pain management
in palliative care.
- Recognize the effect of the patient’s and family’s psychological status on the
pain experience in the setting of advanced illness.
- Assess the impact of pain on the family caregivers of palliative care patients.
- Evaluate the role spirituality and spiritual forms of coping may play in the
experience of illness and pain.
- Recognize the importance of cultural differences when developing an approach
to pain management for patients and their families.
- Describe the importance of quality improvement programs and ongoing
research in palliative care.
- Discuss the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to pain management
in the palliative care patient.
Beth Israel Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum
of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
View the program (.pdf)
Conference Organizer:
Beth Israel Medical Center
Office of CME
Phone: (212) 420-4713
Fax: (212) 844-1700
Website: http://www.chpnet.org/cme
Email: ksgaston@chpnet.org
Ethics and Other Challenges in End-of-Life Care
Hosted by the Leir Retreat Center
Moderated by Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Chairman and Gerald J. Friedman Chair in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York |
These archived presentations (on PainClinician.com) were included in a seminar
held on May 18, 2010 in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The program was organized by
the Leir Charitable Foundations, longtime major supporters of the DPMPC, to
disseminate knowledge of palliative care to clinicians and hospice organizations.
View
presentations.
Emerging Practices in Pain Management
Moderated by Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Chairman
Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York |
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Beth Israel Medical Center and QuantiaMD have collaborated to bring you this
free CME series of concise interactive modules (for Web and hand-held devices)
providing the scientific information, practical framework, and clinical guidelines
necessary for the safe and effective management of pain. This series describes
the complex management issues posed by the heterogeneity of the patient populations
with acute and chronic pain, as well as the issues that must be faced by clinicians
prescribing controlled prescription drugs in the current regulatory and legal
environment. View presentations.
CME Symposium: Emerging Practices in Pain and Chemical
Dependency:
2010 Update on Opioid Therapy
Friday and Saturday, March 19 & 20, 2010
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New York Marriott Marquis
New York, NY
This CME symposium on best practices in opioid prescribing for chronic pain
addressed the clinical issues surrounding the initiation and long-term administration
of opioid therapy, and the regulatory and legal concerns that must be appreciated
to implement opioid therapy in a safe and effective manner.
The objectives were as follows:
- Evaluate the ongoing controversies regarding opioid therapy, based
on evidence from randomized controlled trials and observational studies.
- Recognize the risks involved with opioid treatment - abuse, addiction and diversion.
- Assess whether long-term opioid therapy is appropriate for a patient,
and know the steps to take to optimize outcomes.
- Manage opioid side effects, and understand the risks of opioid-induced hyperalgesia and methadone cardiac toxicity.
- Identify "at risk" patients and know what actions to take to structure
and optimize treatment, and manage aberrant drug-related behavior.
- Assess the use of abuse-deterrent opioids.
- Manage breakthrough pain.
- Understand the current regulatory and legal climate, nationally and internationally,
concerning prescription of opioid drugs.
Beth Israel Medical Center designated this educational activity for a maximum
of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
You may find it helpful to
review the program (.pdf) before downloading the slide presentations (pdfs)
that follow.
Conference Organizer:
Beth Israel Medical Center
Office of CME
Phone: (212) 420-4713
Fax: (212) 844-1700
Email: ksgaston@chpnet.org
Slide presentations are available for download in .pdf
LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE
KEYNOTE SESSIONS: EMERGING SCIENCE
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
LUNCH PRESENTATION
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Opioid Therapy and Federal Regulation
Mark W. Caverly |
REDUCING RISK
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Abuse-Deterrent Opioids: Concepts and Expectations
Steven D. Passik, PhD |
| 2:45 PM |
Treating the Substance Abuser with Chronic Pain Using Controlled
Prescription Drugs: Issues in Assessment, Collaboration, and Practice
Peggy Compton, RN, PhD, FAAN |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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Breakthrough Pain
Russell K. Portenoy, MD |
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Meet the DEA
Mark W. Caverly |
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Nursing and the Care of Patients with Pain and Chemical Dependency
Peggy Compton, RN, PhD, FAAN |
Opioid Therapy in Primary Care
KEYNOTE SESSION: CHANGES IN HEALTH CARE
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
BEST PRACTICE IN OPIOID THERAPY
CASE STUDIES
| 2:45 PM |
Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Peggy Compton, RN, PhD, FAAN |
Fellowship programs
are offered for physicians, nurses, and social workers.
The Social Work Network in Palliative and End-of-Life Care is a joint effort
of the Project on Death in America
and the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York. This list provides an opportunity for social workers in such
fields as oncology, geriatrics, HIV, hospice, nephrology, and pediatrics to
network and discuss multidimensional aspects and issues related to palliative
and end-of-life care.
The goals and objectives of this email discussion group are to:
- Establish links among social work specialists in such areas as oncology,
geriatrics, HIV, hospice, nephrology, and pediatrics.
- Enhance and encourage communication, networking, and sharing of expertise
among clinicians.
- Provide online notification of relevant research, and political and social
policy issues.
- Provide opportunity for feedback and collaboration around clinical, education,
research, policy and professional issues.
- Identify areas of commonality and unmet needs of social workers practicing
in the areas of palliative care, pain, and end of life.
- Reduce isolation of social workers practicing in settings where there
is lack of opportunity for collaboration and mutual support.
- Develop a resource list of experts for referral, teaching and joint project
development.
This list is managed by Terry Altilio, LCSW, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative
Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY; Wendy Walters, LCSW, OSW-C, The University
of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital; and Shirley Otis-Green, LCSW, City of Hope,
California.
If you would like to learn more about this email discussion group, please contact
Terry Altilio, LCSW, our list moderator, via email at taltilio@chpnet.org
To join the list, please complete and return this registration
form to Terry's attention.
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