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Intensive Review Course 2026
To register for this live, 3-day course, please complete our external registration process. Course access will be granted within 3 - 5 business days. Registration closes Wednesday, June 3.
AAHPM's Intensive Review Course is designed to facilitate a framework for physicians to prepare for the hospice and palliative medicine certification board examination as outlined in the current Hospice and Palliative Medicine Certification Examination Blueprint. With content focused on the ability to make appropriate diagnostic and clinical decisions that have important consequences for patients and families experiencing serious and complex illnesses, this course aims to advance the knowledge, diagnostic reasoning, and clinical judgment skills, attitudes, and strategies of physicians and advanced practice providers practicing hospice and palliative medicine.
Registration includes:
- Pre-course prep material to prepare learners for the live event
- Three days of intensive review content delivered in a live, virtual environment
- Extended self-study content
Learning Content is as follows:
- Comprehensive Whole-Patient Assessment
- Management of Suffering and Distress
- Management of Medical Interventions
- Impending Death and the Death Event
- High Yield Pediatrics
- Communication Skills
- Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
- Interdisciplinary Teamwork, Quality, and Professionalism
Target Audience
Physicians preparing for ABIM HPM Certification/MOC
Physicians preparing for HMDCB Certification (clinical aspects of the Blueprint will be addressed)
Interdisciplinary clinicians seeking advanced preparation in HPM blueprint clinical domains
Audience includes hospice physicians, fellows, advanced practice providers, and other professionals in hospice/palliative leadership roles
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Apply evidence-based approaches to prognostication, symptom management, and interdisciplinary teamwork across HPM blueprint domains.
- Analyze board-style exam questions and apply test-taking strategies to improve performance.
- Demonstrate competence in ethical/legal reasoning, communication, and end-of-life management through case-based application.
- Integrate compliance, professionalism, and systems-based practice into hospice/palliative workflows.
- Evaluate individual strengths/weaknesses across blueprint domains using pre-work self-assessment to inform personalized study and practice plans.
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
Joe Shega, MD - Course Director
Bethany Snider, MD HMDC FAAHPM
Alex Gamble, MD
Paul DeSandre, DO FACEP FAAHPM
Gregg VandeKieft, MD MA
Hadley Bloomhardt, MD
Allison Silverstein, MD MBA MS
Maximillian Stevenson, PharmD MA BCPS
Vincent Vanston, MD
Supplemental Self-Study Content Faculty
Amy Case, MD FAAHPM
Dani Chammas, MD
Jimi Malik, MD
Eric Widera, MD FAAHPM
Staff
Krystine Hanson
Emily Geary
Katie Siesel
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 blended learning activity for a maximum of 24.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Evaluation period closes April 30, 2027 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, Intensive Review Course 2026 applies 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 24.5 MOC Medical Knowledge points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
- Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 24.5 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 ABIM 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 April 30, 2027 for claiming MOC credit.
Available Credit
- 24.50 ABIM MOC
- 24.50 ABP MOC
- 24.50 CME (physician only)
- 24.50 Participation