A Palliative Care Imperative: Caring for Individuals with Serious Illness, Pain and Substance Use

May 16, 2024

Dr. Kathleen Broglio, national expert pain management and substance use disorders to share practice insights into caring for patients with overlapping serious illness, pain, and comorbid substance use. Dr Broglio will incorporate the foundations of holistic care outlined in the National Clinical Practice Guideline domains for quality palliative care as she aligns the core principles of treatment for substance use. Kathleen will present this learning through case presentations with outcomes of how best palliative and hospice practitioners can successfully respond to guiding and managing this complex component of care as we build on palliative care skills to effectively work with individuals with serious illness, pain, and substance use.

Target Audience

Hospice Medical Directors
HPM Physicians
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Pharmacists
PAs

Learning Outcomes

In this Grand Rounds lecture, participants will: 

  • Reflect upon feelings that arise when you think about caring for individuals with serious illness, pain and comorbid substance use. 
  • Outline basic concepts of pain management for individuals with pain and risks for substance misuse. 
  • Incorporate core palliative care skills into care for individuals with serious illness, pain and comorbid substance use. 
     
Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABA MOC
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC
  • 1.00 ABP MOC
  • 1.00 ABS MOC
  • 1.00 CME (physician only)
  • 1.00 Participation
Activity Published: 
03/25/2024
Activity Expires: 
06/30/2024
Event starts: 
05/16/2024 - 11:00am CDT
Event ends: 
05/16/2024 - 12:00pm CDT
Member cost:
$45.00
List Price:
$60.00
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Disclosures 
AAHPM endorses the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for disclosure and commercial support and endeavors to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor for all accredited products or programs. All who are in a position to control or influence the content of an educational activity must disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*Disclosure documents were reviewed for potential conflicts of interest and, if identified, were resolved prior to confirmation of participation. Only those who had no conflict of interest or who agreed to an identified resolution process prior to their participation were involved in this activity.

All editors, faculty and staff have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

*An ineligible company is defined as any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. 

Faculty
Kathleen Broglio, DNP ANP-BC ACHPN CARN-AP FPCN FAANP FAAHPM 

Staff
Leah Farfan, BA
Julie Tanner, BSN RN-BC CHPN
Liz Watson, BA
Theresa Nissen, BA
Laura Witt, MS-HSM
Julie Bruno, MSW LCSW

Continuing Medical Education (CME) 
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 
 
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. 
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
Successful completion includes attesting to meaningful activity participation and completion/submission of activity evaluation within the time frame designated. 

Evaluation period closes June 30, 2024, at 11:59pm CT for claiming CME credit. 

Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Recognition Statement 
Through the American Board of Medical Specialties (“ABMS”) ongoing commitment to increase access to practice relevant Continuing Certification Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory, A Palliative Care Imperative: Caring for Individuals with Serious Illness, Pain and Substance Use (apply toward general CME requirement) for the following ABMS Member Boards: 

  • Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC medical knowledge points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. 
  • This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements. 
  • Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. 
  • Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. 

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM or ABP MOC credit. By submitting your evaluation, you grant AAHPM permission to submit completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting respective BOARD MOC program credit or points as applicable. 

Evaluation period closes June 30, 2024, at 11:59pm CT for claiming MOC credit. 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABA MOC
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC
  • 1.00 ABP MOC
  • 1.00 ABS MOC
  • 1.00 CME (physician only)
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

Member cost:
$45.00
List Price:
$60.00
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