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We develop conferences, fellowships, email discussion groups,
and courses for professionals and patients to assist in their advancement
and understanding of pain medicine and palliative care.
WEBCAST: Emerging Issues in the Art and Science of Pain
and Symptom Management
DPMPC 10th Anniversary Celebration
The Organizing Committee is pleased to present an archived webcast of selected
lectures (view
program.pdf) from its scientific symposium celebrating the 10th
Anniversary of the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care (DPMPC) at
Beth Israel Medical Center. The meeting took place at the New York Marriott
Marquis on Saturday, March 15, 2008 in New York City, New York.
In the decade since the DPMPC was founded as the nation's first academic department
devoted to the two specialties of pain medicine and palliative care, great strides
have been made in both disciplines.
This symposium highlights some of the key advances in pain neurobiology, analgesic
pharmacology, quality-of-life concerns in the medically ill, and emerging systems
of care. This activity will help you to
- Evaluate the ongoing controversies in chronic pain management and palliative
care in order to provide the best care for your patients.
- Review the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic malignant
and nonmalignant pain, including opioid use in breakthrough pain, in order
to better explain opioid titration and rotation, and common side effects,
to your patients.
- Examine your use of opioids to manage pain in patients with histories of
substance abuse or addiction, and assess whether you have been using pain
medications optimally.
- Review the latest interventional strategies for pain management, and recognize
when these strategies should be implemented.
Target Audience: This course is intended for pain specialists
(anesthesiologists and neurologists), palliative care specialists, nurse practitioners,
registered nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and medical students.
Faculty Disclosure: Please view this
faculty disclosure (.pdf) before registering for the webcast.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT: The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative
Care gratefully acknowledges the following companies for their unrestricted
educational grants in support of this activity:
- Abbott Laboratories
- Archimedes Pharma Ltd.
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- Cephalon, Inc.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals
- GW Pharmaceuticals plc
- King Pharmaceuticals
- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
- Biovail Corporation
- Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Purdue Pharma LP
- Medtronic, Inc.
For more information about the entire program, see
this brochure (.pdf). If you need technical assistance, please email: stoppain@chpnet.org.
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, ACSW, Odyssey Hospice,
Alabama; 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.
The curriculum and format are designed to enhance critical-thinking abilities
and to support social workers in their daily practice.
Key content areas include:
- Social work role and values specific to palliative care and end-of-life
care
- Biopsychosocial spiritual assessment
- Ethical issues
- Multidimensional aspects of pain and symptom management
- Therapeutic interventions, including cognitive behavioral interventions
- Cultural awareness
- Self care, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma
- Grief and bereavement
Faculty:
TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA
CEUs: Approved through NASW
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