Updates in Hospice and Palliative Care and Intensive Physician Board Review 2023

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 8:00 AM - Thursday, September 21, 2023, 5:30 PM, Virtual


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (26.50 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (26.50 hours), Medical Ethics/Professional Responsibility (13.25 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (26.50 hours), Pain and Opioid (7.50 hours)

Advanced stage cancer patients are challenging to healthcare teams. It requires attending to many dimensions of care to include medical, psychosocial, ethical, and spiritual needs. This Board Review Course will allow physicians gain the knowledge and competence pertaining to Palliative Medicine. ABIM Hospice and Palliative (HPM) exam.

 

1. Interpret spiritual, legal and medical issues facing patients at end of life
2. Provide optimal end-of-life care including symptom management, psychosocial support and state of the art pain management
3. Demonstrate effective communication techniques with patients in the advanced stages of cancer or debilitating disease and provide quality end of life care
4. Identify non-cancer conditions needing palliative care

Updates in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Intensive Physician Board Review Course - September 19-21, 2023


A Virtual Live Streaming Course 

The Board Review Course will begin at 8:00 am on Tuesday, September 19 and will adjourn at 5:30 pm on Thursday, September 21.   (NOTE: All time is Central Standard Time (CST)

Updates in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Intensive Physician Board Review registration fee includes tuition for the Internet Live Activity and online course materials. 

Registration Fees

Physician/Scientist $899
   (MD, DO, MBBS, PhD, Residents, Fellows, etc.)

Registration for the 26th Supportive & Palliative Care Clinical and Research Symposium is NOT included.  Separate registration is required.
**Board Review Course registration includes a REDUCED FEE to the Palliative Care Symposium of $100.00 - Click here. 

Advanced Registration is encouraged. The deadline for advanced registration is August 19, 2023.

We accept the following forms of payment:
  •Credit Cards (MasterCard, VISA, and American Express)
  •Check (Payable to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; through U.S. banks only)

Mail checks to:
   Continuing Professional Education (CPE) – Unit 1781
   The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
   P.O. Box 301407
   Houston, Texas 77230-1407

When registering online a receipt (confirmation letter) will be automatically emailed to the e-mail address you list on the registration form. 

Telephone registrations are not accepted.

Refund/Cancellation Policy
The registration fee, minus a $50 administration-handling fee, is refundable if a written request is received on or before August 19, 2023 for both activities. No refunds will be granted after these dates. The request for a registration refund must include the tax identification number of the company or institution if registration was paid by a company or institution check. 

The Department of Continuing Professional Education (CPE), reserves the right to cancel activities prior to the scheduled date, if low enrollment or other circumstances make it necessary. Each registrant will be notified by mail, e-mail, or at the phone or fax numbers given on the registration form.  In case of activity cancellation, the liability of the CPE is limited to the registration fee. CPE will refund the full registration fee. 

CPE reserves the right to limit the number of participants in an activity and is not responsible for any expenses incurred by an individual whose registration is not confirmed and for whom space is not available. 

For additional information, contact CPE at 713-792-2223 or toll free at 866-849-5866 or via e-mail: [email protected].

Special Assistance
Contact CPE at 713-792-2223 or toll free at 866-849-5866 if you have any special needs or ADA accommodation needs.

Evaluation
A course evaluation tool will provide participants with the opportunity to comment on the value of the program content to their practice decisions, performance improvement activities, or possible impact on patient health status. Participants will also have the opportunity to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations as well as to identify future educational topics.  The survey link will be provided during the review course.

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 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
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 26.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.25 credit(s) of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.50 credit(s) of education in pain management and the prescription of opioids.

Maintenance of Certification

AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (ABIM)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 26.50 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.

Participant completion data will be shared with and transmitted to the ACCME on the participant’s behalf.  In order to receive MOC points, you must pass the post-test with a score of 70% or higher. 

View the accessibility policy for The University of Texas M.D Anderson Cancer Center.

 

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center complies with all requirements of the identified accrediting body  (ACCME, ANCC, ACPE). Disclosure of speakers, faculty members, planning committee members and their commercial relationships will be shared with learners prior to the educational activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.