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On-Demand Intensive Review Course
Study from your desktop or laptop to prepare for the hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) subspecialty certification exam (ABMS/AOA) or to increase your knowledge in HPM and best clinical practices. Achieve these goals with the high quality content from the 2024 Intensive Review Course.
Recordings include sessions from the in-person 2024 Intensive Review Course and Supplemental Self-Study Content.
- Three days of intensive in-person review and over 17 hours of CME/MOC.
- 7.75 hours of exam blueprint extended self-study content.
Please note: The recordings are to be viewed in order starting with the self-study content, then the in-person sessions.
Target Audience
Hospice Medical Directors
HPM Physicians
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Pharmacists
PAs
Learning Outcomes
Learners will self-report the ability to apply, analyze and evaluate the following:
- Individualized strengths and weaknesses of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for further development to improve practice outcomes in patient palliative and hospice care delivery.
- Diagnostic and clinical decisions that have important consequences for patients and families experiencing serious and complex illnesses.
Topics include:
- Prognostication and Natural History of Serious and Complex Illness
- Comprehensive Whole-Patient Assessment
- Management of Suffering and Distress
- Palliative Care Emergencies and Refractory Symptoms
- Management of Medical Interventions
- Impending Death and the Death Event
- Communication Skills
- Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
- Interdisciplinary Teamwork, Quality, and Professionalism
- Quality and Compliance
- Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care
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.
In-Person Course Faculty
Kim Curseen, MD FAAHPM - Course Director
Joe Shega, MD - Course Director
Jessica McFarlin, MD
Bethany Snider, MD HMDC FAAHPM
Alex Gamble, MD
Paul DeSandre, DO FACEP FAAHPM
Gregg VandeKieft, MD MA
Supplemental Self-Study Content Faculty
Amy Case, MD FAAHPM
Dani Chammas, MD
Michael Barnett, MD MS FACP FAAP FAAHPM
Jimi Malik, MD
Myra Varnado, BS RN CWON CFCN
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 Education Credits
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
The AAHPM designates this live activity for a maximum of 25.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful activity completion includes attesting to meaningful participation in the activity and completion/submission of activity evaluation within the time frame designated.
Evaluation period closes September 30, 2026, at 11:59pm CT for claiming CME credits.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 25.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) 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 MOC credit.
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. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
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 September 30, 2026, at 11:59pm CT for claiming MOC credits.
Available Credit
- 25.50 ABIM MOC
- 25.50 ABS MOC
- 25.50 CME (physician only)
- 25.50 Participation