Professional Development in Communication and Supportive Care (PDCSC) 2022
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
- Use an evidence-based approach for safe pain management for patients with serious illness using opioids, non-opioids, and adjuvant analgesics, and non-pharmacologic measures
- Discuss evidence-based approaches to the treatment of nausea, vomiting, and constipation;
- Practice techniques to increase mindfulness and bolster resilience;
- Assess patients with serious illness forpsychosocial distress, opioid risk, depression, and suicide risk;
- Determine the appropriateness of referring patients with serious illness to a mental health specialist;
- Identify techniques to communicate effectively with patients, families, and surrogate decision makers to deliver bad news, discuss prognosis, goals of care, advance care planning, palliative care, and hospice care;
- Recognize methods to support families suffering from grief and bereavement;
- Describe effective team-based approaches to palliative care across the care continuum that support each discipline’s roles and contributions.
- 47.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 47.25 Nursing Contact Hours
- 42.25 Participation
Find the most up to date information at The Coleman Palliative Medicine website.
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Contact Aliza Baron via e-mail here.
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact Aliza Baron via email at abaron@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
COURSE DIRECTORS
Co-Director, Coleman Palliative Medicine Training Program
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Interim Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Medicine, and Epidemiology
Director, Section of Palliative Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Medical Director, Horizon Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Inpatient Services
Co-Director, Coleman Palliative Medicine Training Program
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
University of Chicago
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this Other activity (internet live/enduring) for a maximum of 47.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)
This live activity is designated for a maximum of 47.25 continuing nursing education units.
Social Worker Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is a Registered Social Work Continuing Education Sponsor through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and will offer continuing education units for the Professional Development in Communication and Supportive Care for LSW and LCSW social workers in the state of Illinois.
43.75 social work continuing education units are provided for this live activity.
Other Healthcare Professional Credit
Specialty-Level Palliative Care Webinar Series
REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION
To submit the course fee, please log in or create an account. Once logged in, select the profession type that best suits you and click "Register Now!".
Profession Type | Early Fee | Discount Code | Regular Fee |
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Physician, PDCSC Only | $1150 | EXPIRED | $1250 |
Physician, PDCSC & Specialty-Level Palliative Care Webinar Series | $1500 | EXPIRED | $1600 |
Advanced Practice Provider, PDCSC Only | $800 | EXPIRED | $900 |
Advanced Practice Provider, PDCSC & Specialty-Level Palliative Care Webinar Series | $1050 | EXPIRED | $1150 |
Nurse | $750 | EXPIRED | $850 |
Chaplain & Social Worker | $550 | EXPIRED | $600 |
Cancellation Policy: If you cancel your participation in this activity, your registration fee less a $100 administrative fee will be refunded when written notification is received by August 7, 2021. No refunds will be made after August 7, 2021. |
CLAIMING CREDIT
At the end of the course, the credit claiming process will unlock. Return to this page and simply click on "Complete Activity" to proceed.
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.