MGH Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds Course Bundle

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 pallcare@partners.org

Course Director: Khadidjatou Kane, MD

For questions regarding the registration process, please contact Mass General Brigham Office of Continuing Professional Development at mgbcpd@mgb.org.

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:

1. Demonstrate how interprofessional learning can lead to better team integration, sustainability, and collaboration in Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine.
2. Describe pain management practices, including for cancer patients, aging patients, and patients with substance use disorder.
3. Describe whole person assessment and care, including supportive care for seriously ill patients.
4. Describe palliative and geriatric medicine care for patients with certain conditions and/or in particular settings.
5. Describe innovative research and practices in palliative care

Registration instructions

For questions regarding the registration process, please contact Mass General Brigham Office of Continuing Professional Development at mgbcpd@mgb.org.

Group Discounts

We encourage teams to enroll in this course together and to benefit from the shared experience and from gaining a common language for palliative care and geriatric medicine.  Group discounts are available:

• 10% discount for enrolling 10-19 learners
• 20% discount for enrolling 20-29 learners
• 30% discount for enrolling 30 or more learners

Please contact the HMS Center for Palliative Care at pallcare@partners.org to register a group.

If you register a group of 20 or more, you can apply for up to two live 1-hour discussion sessions via Zoom with a member of the HMS CPC faculty.  Additional information will be provided subsequent to your registration.

Additional information

Faculty credentials

Course Director

Khadidjatou Kane, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Speakers

Sharl Azar, MD
Hematologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Comprehensive Sickle Center Disease Treatment Center

Michelle Diop, MD, ScM
Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Stephanie Kiser, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine – Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Director for Palliative Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Katie Fitzgerald Jones, PhD, ACHPN, CARN-AP
Palliative and Addiction Nurse Practitioner, Section of Palliative Care, VA Boston Healthcare System
Instructor, Department of Medicine – Harvard Medical School

Lisa LaRowe, PhD
Research Faculty Member, Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness at the Mass General Research Institute
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Corey Fehnel, MD, MPH
Division Chief, Neurocritical Care and Hospital Neurology – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

David Hao, MD
Double Board-Certified Anesthesiologist & Chronic Pain Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Pain Program

Abby R. Rosenberg, MD, MS, MA 
Director of Palliative Care, Boston Children’s Hospital
Chief of Pediatric Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Joseph Greer, PhD
Co-Director, Cancer Outcomes Research & Education Program – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Irene M. Yeh, MD, MPH, FAAHPM
Senior Physician, Department of Supportive Oncology – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Charmaine Lastimoso, MSN, MPH, NP-C, CARN-AP
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Department of Supportive Oncology – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Sarah Byrne-Martelli, DMin, MDiv, BCC-PCHAC
Palliative Care Researcher, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Aging and Serious Illness
Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary

Dorreen Danesh, MD
PACE Physician, San Ysidro Health

Manuel Fanarjian, MD
Palliative Care Physician & Clinical Informaticist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

Blair Robinson, MD, MPH
Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jameson Cooper, MS, CCC-SLP 
Research Speech Language Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation

Courtney Munro
Speech Language Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital

Peter Rabins, MD
Founding Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Richman Family Chair of Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Anne Gosline
Executive Director, Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care
Senior Director, Executive Office of Blue Cross

Kimberly Angelia Curseen, MD
Director of Outpatient Supportive Care, Emory Palliative Care Center
Director of Winship Palliative Medicine Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

DISCLOSURE SUMMARY OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Mass General Brigham has implemented a process to mitigate relevant financial relationships for this continuing education (CE) activity to help ensure content objectivity, independence, fair balance and ensure that the content is aligned with the interest of the public. 

The following planners reported no relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company:
Khadidjatou Kane, MD 
Terrance P. Murphy, MD
Simone Rinaldi, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN 
Todd Rinehart, LICSW, APHSW-C

The following speakers reported no relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company:
Michelle Diop, MD
Stephanie Kiser, MD, MPH
Katie Jones Fitzgerald, PhD, ACHPN, CARN-AP
Corey Fehnel, MD
David Hao, MD
Abby Rosenberg, MD
Irene Yeh, MD, MPH
Charmaine Lastimoso
Sarah Byrne-Martelli, DMin, BCC
Dorreen Danesh, MD
Manuel Fanarjian, MD
Blair Robinson, MD
Jameson Cooper, SLP
Courtney Munro, SLP
Peter Rabins, MD, MPH
Anna Gosline
Kimberly Angelia Curseen, MD

The following speakers reported a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company:

Sharl Azar, MD
Grant Support/Consulting, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Grant Support, GBT/Pfizer

Lisa LaRowe, PhD
Research Funding, Google/YouTube

Joseph Greer, PhD
Research Support: Blue Note Therapeutics
Consultant: BeiGene

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 Credit^TM
Mass General Brigham designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM (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.

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