CME Sponsor:
Sea Courses Cruises
Destination:
Vancouver, BC Roundtrip
Alaska Glaciers Cruise
Cruise Ship: Holland America, ms Zuiderdam
Course Directors/Instructors:
Doris Barwich MD, CCFP
Medical leader- Hospice Palliative / End-of-Life Care Services
Fraser Health Authority, Surrey BC
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia - Division of Palliative CareConsultant BC Cancer Agency
Chair, BC Learning Centre for Palliative Care
Nicola Macpherson MD, FRCPC DABHPM
Clinical instructor- Palliative Medicine
University of British Columbia
Diplomate of the American board of Hospice Palliative Medicine Fraser Health Authority Home Hospice palliative consultant
Consultant, Tertiary Palliative Care Unit, Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby BC
Recovering Anaesthesiologist
Former department head in Prince George BC & Maple Ridge BC
Pippa Hawley MD, FRCPC
Pain and Symptom Management/Palliative Care Team leader
Vancouver Cancer Centre
Clinical Assistant Professor
UBC Department of Medicine
Residency Program Director- Division of Palliative Care.
Steve Pelletier, MD, CCFP
Family physician in a fully computerized ten-doctor group practice that provides primary and urgent care in rural community of Clarence-Rockland, Ontario
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
University of Ottawa
Staff member, Ottawa's Montfort Hospital
Attending physician at a local nursing home and psychiatric residenceNumber of Credits:
Up to 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ available.
Registration Fee: $695 USD
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Program Deatils:
General Sessions
- The ‘P’ Word: The Palliative Approach to Patients with Advanced Medical Illness
- Walking the Walk: Symptom Assessment & Management 101
- Barfing, Bloating & Blockages: Managing GI Symptoms
- Management of Respiratory Symptoms
- Pain : Pathophysiology & Assessment
- Opioid Prescribing for Dummies : Pharmacology Made Simple
- Adjuvants & Climbing Beyond the WHO Ladder (case study)
- Palliative Emergencies
- Refractory Symptoms
Workshops
- Talking the Talk : Communications Skills ( part I )
- Talking the Talk : Communications Skills ( part II )
- Ethical Issues in Palliative Medicine : Suffering & ‘Total Pain’
- Last Days : Grief & Bereavement + Self-Care
Electronic Medical Records
- Choosing & Integrating the Right System for Your Medical Practice
- Learn how electronic information management will improve efficiency & quality of care
Time Management for Physicians
- Strategies to help physicians manage time more efficiently within a busy medical practice & changing health care environment
Special Feature:
Practice Management Module
