UCSF CME: 2nd Pediatric Palliative Care Symposium 2022

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Overview Objectives Accreditation Course Outline
Chairs Faculty Travel & Lodging Cancellation Policy

Department: Medicine
Course Number: MPD23004A
Activity Start Date: July 13, 2022
Activity End Date: July 15, 2022
Location:

Grand Hyatt Hotel San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Remote Learning Opportunities are Also Available

Fees:

On-site/In Person Attendance:
Physicians $990
Allied Health Professionals $750
Residents/Fellows $750
** In-person limited to (58) attendees total **

Virtual Attendance:
Physicians $990
Allied Health Professionals $750
Upper-Middle Income Countries $300
Lower-Middle Income Countries $50
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*We understand that the pandemic has caused significant restriction to in-person educational events. The health and safety of our meeting attendees, faculty, staff, and those that provide infrastructure support at the meeting venue are of primary importance to us. If conditions dictate the course be completely live streamed, your in-person registration/participation will be switched to virtual. 

Refunds will not be offered after 6/15/2022.

 

Overview:

Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC) – Pediatrics Funded from 2010-2017 by a US$1.6 million grant from the US National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute, EPEC – Pediatrics has become the most comprehensive pediatric palliative care (PPC) curriculum worldwide. To date 1,517 clinicians from 100 countries/ territories from 6 continents have completed training.

The EPEC-Pediatrics curriculum features state-of-the-art knowledge in pain and symptom management and training in the skills required to address key domains for pediatric palliative care. The program is designed to give pediatric healthcare professionals (incl. physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, psychologists etc.) the knowledge and skills needed to provide excellent palliative care to their patients and their families.

Onsite and Remote Learning Options:
The course will be offered as a live conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel San Francisco. Registrants have the option to attend in person or to tune in remotely via zoom live stream during programming hours (Pacific Time). Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with attendees before the meeting. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference and for 30 days after the course. You must tune in to live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME.

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Objectives:

View / Download Course Objectives (.pdf)

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Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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Course Outline:

Wednesday, July 13, 2022
1:30PM Registration  
2:00 Welcome, Needs Assessment, and Announcements Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
3:00 Pediatric Palliative Care and why it Matters in 2022 Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH
4:00 Coffee Break
4:30 Multimodal Analgesia for Children with Serious Illness  Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
5:30 Evening Social "The Egg Challenge" – PPC Networking Faculty
7:00 Adjourn  
Thursday, July 14, 2022
7:00AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 Reflections, Announcements & Teach-back  
8:30 Neuropathic Pain Management and Adjuvant Analgesia Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Spirituality, Grief and Bereavement (Module 4) Stacy Remke, LiCSW
11:30 Prevention of Pain and Anxiety caused by needle procedures. For every child. Every time. Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
12:30PM Lunch 
1:30 Caring for the Imminently Dying Child and Their Family  Justin Baker, MD
2:30 Goals of Care Discussion as Fundamental PPC Intervention Joanne Wolfe, MD
3:30 Q&A
4:00 Adjourn
Friday, July 15, 2022
7:00AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Reflections, Announcements & Teach-back  
8:30 Integrative Medicine in PPC Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Methadone in Advanced Pain Management Justin Baker, MD
11:55 Management of Distressing Respiratory Symptoms Melanie Brown, MD
12:50PM Lunch
1:50 BREAKOUT SESSION: Room A: Room C: Stacy Remke, LiCSW and Alexis Morvant, MD, MA, FAAP 
Communication and Planning Room B: Joanne Wolfe, MD MPH and Ximena Garcia Quintero, MD, MSc
Room C:  SMF1 & Melanie Brown, MD
Zoom 1: Room B:  Joshua Hauser, MD and Susan Cadell, PhD, RSW
2:30 Next Steps & Farewell
4:00 Adjourn 

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Chairs:

Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Andrea Postier, PhD, MPH

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Faculty:

Justin N. Baker, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM
Chief, Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care
Attending Physician, QoLA Team (Quality of Life for All)
Medical Director, St Jude Home Care, LLC
Lead, St Jude Global Palliative Care Program
Full Member, Department of Oncology
St Jude Children's Research Hospital

Melanie Brown, MD, MSE
Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Susan Cadell, PhD, RSW
Professor, School of Social Work
Renison University College, affiliated with the University of Waterloo

Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD, FAAP
Professor in Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco
Medical Director, Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals

Ximena Garcia, MD, MSc
Program Support, Global Palliative Care Program
Department of Global Pediatric Medicine
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Joshua Hauser, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Director
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Section Chief, Palliative Medicine
Jesse Brown (Chicago) VA Medical Center

Tammy I. Kang, MD MSCE FAAHPM
Division Chief, Palliative Care
Executive Vice Chair, Departmet of Pediatrics
Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas

Alexis Morvant, MD, MA, FAAP
Chief, Pediatric Palliative Care at Children’s Hospital New Orleans
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at LSU Health Sciences Center

Stacy S. Remke, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
Sr Teaching Specialist
Health, Disabilities and Aging
School of Social Work
University of Minnesota

Joanne Wolfe, MD MPH
Attending Physician, Pediatric Advanced Care Team
Faculty Vice President for Faculty Development,
Office of Faculty Development, Professionalism and Inclusion
Vice Chair for Faculty Development,
Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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Travel & Lodging:

Live Stream Interactive Webinar Available

Grand Hyatt Hotel San Francisco
345 Stockton Street
San Francisco CA 94108
Hotel Phone: 415-398-1234
Reservations: (888) 591-1234

ONLINE Reservations

Rates: $249/night
Cutoff Date: June 3, 2022

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Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations received in writing before June 15, 2022 will be refunded, less a $75 administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date.

Please email your requests to RegEmail@ucsf.edu

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