 |
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.
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 will
address 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.
At the conclusion of this symposium, you will be able to:
- 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 designates this educational activity for a maximum
of TBA AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
For information, please
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
Symposium: Emerging Practices in Pain Medicine and
Palliative Care:
Advances in Nursing
Monday, January 11, 2010
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friedman Conference Center, Phillips Ambulatory Care Center
Beth Israel Medical Center
10 Union Square East, 2nd Floor Auditorium
New York, NY
Dear Colleagues:
We are very pleased to invite you to attend a symposium on best practices
for nurses in pain medicine and palliative care. The nurse’s role in
the evolving fields of pain medicine and palliative care is fundamental. Whether
assessing and managing a patient’s pain in a hospital setting, or working
as a member of an interdisciplinary team caring for palliative care or hospice
patients, nurses positively influence patient outcomes.
Nurses are critical to the management of pain, be it chronic or acute. They
are in an unparalleled position to promote assessment of pain, state-of-the-art
pain management practices, and patient education, as well as acting as patient
advocates. Palliative care and hospice nurses provide the highest quality
of life to patients and their families. Working in collaboration with other
health care providers, nurses provide pain and symptom management, family
support, and culturally sensitive care. Research nurses, through both quantitative
and qualitative studies, advance nursing practice every day.
As the fields of pain medicine and palliative care evolve, nurses need to
be aware of changing practices based on the “best evidence.” As
a department that trains health care professionals in the tenets of pain management
and palliative care, we are pleased to offer this one-day conference for nurses
and allied health professionals. Through a variety of didactic and interactive
sessions, we will highlight the need to understand the changing face of nursing
today and provide an overview of best practices. Please join us for this exciting
educational opportunity.
Cordially,
Marilyn Bookbinder, RN, PhD
Director of Nursing
Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Beth Israel Medical Center
At the end of the conference, participants will:
- Recognize the changes in nursing practice in pain medicine and palliative
care based on best evidence.
- Recognize the importance of cultural differences in developing approaches
to patients and families.
- Understand the impact of caregiver burden on patients and families, and
the importance of providing support.
- Recognize the importance of providing information and assistance to patients
and families as they travel through the disease trajectory.
- Be aware of the multimodality approach to pain management.
- Identify symptoms occurring in palliative care patients and those at
the end-of-life and evaluate the various approaches to treatment.
- Be able to evaluate various innovative approaches to treating pain patients
in the outpatient setting.
- Understand the role of the NP in post-operative pain management.
- Be aware of ongoing research in palliative care.
- Be cognizant of the evolving role of nurses in hospice and palliative
medicine.
For more information,
view the program (.pdf).
Please use this form to register: Registration
Form (.pdf)
Conference Organizer:
Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Beth Israel Medical Center
Phone: (212) 844-1461 or (212) 844-1462
Fax: 212-844-1503
Email: mherleth@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.
|
|
|