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ForwardMGH Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds Course Bundle: “Honoring Wishes on an Unclear Path: Aging and Palliative Care in the ICU”
Description
This activity provides on-demand lectures from the MGH Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds series, administered by the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care.
The MGH Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds convene leading speakers from inside the Harvard Medical School network and from across the country to speak to the highest priority issues in caring for patients and families at the end of life.
Presenters for MGH Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds are invited through a rigorous review process. We host sessions that span a wide range of topics of interest to palliative care and geriatric medicine clinicians to inform effective, patient-centered practice. MGH Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds offers a distinctive opportunity to learn about leading research and to stay current with best practices.
The mission of the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care is to foster an interdisciplinary community of clinicians, educators, and researchers to promote and disseminate compassionate, evidence-based care for all people living with serious illness and their families.
We encourage teams to enroll in the course and Group Discounts are available -- please contact the HMS Center for Palliative Care at [email protected]
Course Director: Khadidjatou Kane, MD
For questions regarding the registration process, please contact Mass General Brigham Office of Continuing Professional Development at [email protected].
You may print individual certificates throughout the year; your cumulative list of sessions attended is accessible on your transcript.
Target Audience
The MGH Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds series is unique in its design for all of the interprofessional members of a palliative care team, including Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Nurses, Social Workers, and Chaplains.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate how interprofessional learning can lead to better team integration, sustainability, and collaboration in Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine.
- Describe pain management practices, including for cancer patients, aging patients, and patients with substance use disorder.
- Describe whole person assessment and care, including supportive care for seriously ill patients.
- Describe palliative and geriatric medicine care for patients with certain conditions and/or in particular settings.
- Describe innovative research and practices in palliative care
Additional Information
Mass General Brigham
HMS Center for Palliative Care
ACCREDITATION
In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statements
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM
Mass General Brigham designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM (per session). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing
Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 15ANCC contact hour (per session). Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Social Work
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Mass General Brigham is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Mass General Brigham maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit (per session).
Lifelong Learning Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program
American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM)
MOC COMPLETION CRITERIA
Participant completion for MOC points will be reported to the boards when credit is awarded for the session.
MOC points can only be awarded if you attended the entire session.
Lifelong Learning MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program
Upon successful completion of this activity, if you wish to receive MOC Part 2 points you will need to enter your ABIM ID number and birthday (month/day) in your profile. The Mass General Brigham Office of Continuing Professional Development will verify completion of the activity and report to the ABIM. . Diplomates are responsible for checking their ABIM Portfolio for confirmation of MOC Part 2 points.
MOC RECOGNITION STATEMENT
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 15 MOC point (per session) 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.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ABIM MOC II
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
- 1.00 Participation