On-Demand Essential Psychiatric Skills for the Palliative Care Practitioner

Addressing the emotional difficulties of patients facing serious illness can present a variety of unique challenges. When should a patient with grief and major depressive episode be started on an antidepressant? Should all patients be offered psychotherapy? What are the benefits and limitations of psychopharmacologic approaches as compared to non-pharmacologic, psychotherapeutic approaches? 

As palliative care practitioners, it can be difficult to find opportunities for additional training and skill development of mental health issues in palliative care, as even those with ready access to mental health specialists may find the questions facing the palliative provider well outside typical mental health practice. In this activity, a team of intraprofessional palliative specialists with backgrounds in psychiatry, pharmacotherapeutics, child psychiatry, and combined internal medicine/psychiatry provide practical approaches based in clinically sound and evidence-based principles to these diagnostic and treatment challenges. This activity incorporates a combination of case-based learning with engaging didactics and knowledge check questions to draw together practical considerations in assessment and diagnosis with evidence-based psychopharmacotherapy and psychotherapeutic techniques to enhance treatment planning and expand clinical interventions for the emotional distress associated with serious medical illness.

Target Audience

HPM Physicians
Advanced Practice Professionals
Pharmacists 

Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.00 ABA MOC
  • 5.00 ABIM MOC
  • 5.00 ABP MOC
  • 5.00 ABS MOC
  • 5.00 CME (physician only)
  • 5.00 Participation
Activity Published: 
07/08/2024
Activity Expires: 
03/31/2027
Member cost:
$315.00
List Price:
$450.00
Rating: 
0

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Faculty
Alex Gamble, MD
David Buxton, MD FAPAD FAACAP FAAHPM
Allison Jordan, MD CCMS NBC-HWC FAAHPM
Christie Kahlon, PharmD MBA BCPP BCG
Paul Riordan, MD

Staff
Leah Farfan, BA
Liz Watson, BA
Rebecca Wyant, BS
Julie Tanner, BSN RN-BC CHPN
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 Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 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 March 31, 2027 at 11:59pm CT for claiming CME credit.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

This activity is planned in the context of one or more of the ABMS/ACGME Competencies including Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Systems-Based Practice and Work in Interdisciplinary Teams. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 5 MOC medical knowledge points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
  • 5 American Board of Anesthesiology’s MOCA 2.0®
  • 5 credits toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
  • 5 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 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. De-identified aggregated data from the evaluation may be used for research and/or publication and will conform to generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis where indicated. 

Evaluation period closes March 31, 2027 at 11:59pm CT for claiming MOC credit. 

Available Credit

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

Price

Member cost:
$315.00
List Price:
$450.00
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