Keeping It Down: A Case-Based Approach to Managing Pediatric Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting are significant distressing symptoms among children receiving palliative or hospice care due to a variety of potential causes. In many situations children are unable to adequately express their specific discomfort.
Category
  • Pediatrics
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC
  • 0.50 ABP MOC
  • 0.50 CME (physician only)
  • 0.50 Participation
Lessons from a Therapist’s Chair: Optimizing Palliative Communication through Psychotherapy Best Practices and Skills
The use of communication as a therapeutic tool is an essential piece of both palliative medicine and psychotherapy. The approach with which communication is conceptualized and taught, however, is markedly different between the two fields.
Category
  • Communication/Teamwork
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC
  • 0.50 CME (physician only)
  • 0.50 Participation
Not Just for Addiction: The Palliative Clinician's Guide to Using Buprenorphine for Pain
Buprenorphine is widely used as a treatment for patients with opioid use disorders, but has also been shown to be an effective treatment for cancer and neuropathic pain, with unique pharmacologic properties that give it several advantages over traditional opioids. Buprenorphine is associated with
Category
  • Hot Topics
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC
  • 0.50 CME (physician only)
  • 0.50 Participation
Speaking the Same Language: Bridging Cultural and Linguistic Barriers in Palliative Care
Hospice and palliative care providers recognize the value of effective communication to facilitate exploration of patients' and families' values and goals; however, many providers struggle to perform these key tasks when patients cannot communicate in English or have cultural norms which differ significantly from their own. Concepts such as autonomy and patient self-determination, 'truth telling'/disclosure of difficult news, shared decision making, as well as the acceptability of various treatments and communication techniques may present invisible barriers for palliative care providers working across cultures. 
Category
  • DEI: Addressing Disparities/Advancing Equity
  • Communication/Teamwork
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC
  • 0.50 ABP MOC
  • 0.50 CME (physician only)
  • 0.50 Participation
Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED): A Viable, Lesser Known Palliative Option of Last Resort
Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) has recently gotten attention as a viable 'last resort' palliative option for patients who want to escape their current medical situation through a self-initiated death, but might not qualify for a physician assisted death or might not want it even
Category
  • Bioethics
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC
  • 0.50 CME (physician only)
  • 0.50 Participation
Is Dopamine the Golden Ticket for Symptom Management in Palliative Care? Role Antipsychotics for Off-Label Uses
Antipsychotics are widely used off-label in clinical practice, especially within palliative care.
Category
  • Non-Pain Symptom Management
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC
  • 0.50 CME (physician only)
  • 0.50 Participation
'I Can't Eat, Speak, or Kiss My Wife. It's Half a Life, but at Least I'm Still Alive.' Navigating the Sequelae of Head and Neck Cancer
Depending on age, stage and HPV status, patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer have a high chance of cure, something that can be elusive in other advanced cancers.
Category
  • Non-Pain Symptom Management
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC
  • 0.50 CME (physician only)
  • 0.50 Participation
Assessment and Management of Disruptive Behaviors in Persons with Dementia
The progressions of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias commonly result in the emergence of behavioral disturbances that benefit from a thorough assessment.
Category
  • Non-Pain Symptom Management
  • Disease Trajectories and Prognosis
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 1.25 ABIM MOC
  • 1.25 CME (physician only)
  • 1.25 Participation
Pharmacotherapeutic Micro-Learning Flight: Hospice Deprescribing
Join Mary Lynn McPherson, national Palliative pharmacotherapeutic expert as she navigates learners through this 4-part flight of ~15 minute microlearning sessions designed to address best-practice considerations when deprescribing medications in patients nearing life's end. Validated methodology and evidence to lead critical deprescribing conversations and practice will be shared with key references highlighted for additional learning.
Category
  • Pain Management
  • Medical/Clinical Knowledge
Format
  • Video
  • Self Study
Credits
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC
  • 1.00 CME (physician only)
  • 1.00 Participation
Hospice Physicians and Government Audits: Documentation, Risk Mitigation, and Advocacy
Hospice Physicians and Government Audits: Documentation, Risk Mitigation, and Advocacy is presented by K. Ellissa Tiller, M.D. FAAHPM, CPE and Hospice Attorney Bryan Nowicki. This activity is planned in the context of one or more of the ABMS/ACGME Competencies and focuses on the hospice audit process, who the auditors are, what they look for, and the key documentation that often drives audit results. The views expressed by Dr. Tiller during the presentation do not necessarily represent the view of the VA or the United States.
Category
  • Regulatory/Public Policy
  • Hospice
Format
  • Video
  • Self Study
Credits
  • 0.75 ABIM MOC
  • 0.75 CME (physician only)
  • 0.75 Participation

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