Agenda

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

7:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00	Introduction and General Overview of Course Sriram Yennu, MD
8:30	Approach to Care I
	Definitions of Palliative Care WHO / NCP / NHPCO – Principles in Palliative Care The Interdisciplinary Team in Palliative Care Eduardo Bruera, MD
9:45	Break
10:00	Approach to Care II
	Hospice Medicare Benefit Sandra Gomez, MD; and Linda Tavel, MD
11:00	Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
	Spiritual Issues at the End-of-Life Marvin Omar Delgado Guay, MD
12:15 pm	*Lunch: Meet the Professor* Suresh K. Reddy, MD; and Larry C. Driver, MD
1:15	Medical Management I
	Assessment and Principles of Pain Management Larry C. Driver, MD
2:45	Break
3:00	Medical Management II
	Pediatric Palliative Care Donna S. Zhukovsky, MD, FACP
4:15	Medical Management III
	Fatigue Sriram Yennu, MD
4:30	Overview of Day 1 Material Siram Yennu, MD
5:00 pm	Adjourn

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

7:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00	Impending Death Palliative Care in the Last Week of Life Eduardo Bruera, MD
9:15	Grief and Bereavement
	Anticipatory Grief Normal and Complicated Grief and Bereavement Patterns History of Loss and Therapeutic Interventions Rony Dev, DO; and Suresh K. Reddy, MD
10:30	Break
10:45	Medical Management IV
	Delirium and Palliative Sedation Ahmed Elsayem, MD
11:30	Palliative Care in Non-Cancer Diagnoses
	End-Stage HIV / Neuro / Liver / Renal / Pulmonary Sandra Gomez, MD
12:15 pm	*Lunch: Meet the Professor* Eduardo Bruera, MD
1:15	Medical Management V
	Palliative Care Emergencies Seizures/SVC Syndrome / Hypercalcaemia / Cardiac Compressions / Palliative Radiation Shalini Dalal, MD
2:15	Medical Management VI
	Pharmacological Interactions in Palliative Care Holly Holmes, MD
2:45	Break
3:00	Medical Management VII
	Adjuvant and Interventions in Pain Management Suresh K. Reddy, MD
3:45	Medical Management VIII
	Wound Care / Pressure Ulcers / Puritus Paul W. Walker, MD
4:30	Overview of Day 2 Material Sriram Yennu, MD
5:00 pm	Adjourn

Thursday, November 12, 2009

7:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00	Communication and Teamwork
	Communication Skills Family-Centered Approach Dynamics of Interdisciplinary Care Physician Leadership Rony Dev, DO; and Suresh K. Reddy, MD
9:00	Medical Management IX
	Geriatric Palliative Care Sriram Yennu, MD
10:00	Break
10:30	Prognostication and Natural History of Serious Illness
	Cancer Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Cardiovascular Perinatal and Infant Death Pulmonary Disease Renal Failure Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Unintentional Injury & Trauma Stroke Pediatric Neurologic Conditions Dementia Frailty David Hui, MD
12:15 pm	*Lunch: Meet the Professor* Donna S. Zhukovsky, MD, FACP
1:15	Medical Management X
	Nausea / Vommiting / Constipation / Bowel Obstruction Nada Fadul, MD
2:00	Medical Management XI
	Cachexia Egidio Del Fabbro, MD
2:45	Break
3:00	Ethical and Legal Decision-Making
	Decision-Making Patient Rights Ethics of Physician / Patient Relationship Donna S. Zhukovsky, MD, FACP
4:30	Overview of Day 3 Material Sriram Yennu, MD
5:00 pm	Adjourn

Agenda

Approach to Care I

Approach to Care II

Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations

Medical Management I

Medical Management II

Medical Management III

Grief and Bereavement

Medical Management IV

Palliative Care in Non-Cancer Diagnoses

Medical Management V

Medical Management VI

Medical Management VII

Medical Management VIII

Communication and Teamwork

Medical Management IX

Prognostication and Natural History of Serious Illness

Medical Management X

Medical Management XI

Ethical and Legal Decision-Making