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:
- Demonstrate how interprofessional learning can lead to better team integration, sustainability, and collaboration in Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine.
- Describe pain management practices, including for cancer patients, aging patients, and patients with substance use disorder.
- Describe whole person assessment and care, including supportive care for seriously ill patients.
- Describe palliative and geriatric medicine care for patients with certain conditions and/or in particular settings.
- Describe innovative research and practices in palliative care
Registration instructions
| Registration Type | Tuition Price |
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| All Healthcare Providers | $250.00 |
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
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 CreditTM
Mass General Brigham designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM (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.
Program
MGH Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds and Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care: Video Sessions for First Course
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“Bridging the Gap: Palliative Care for Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease” |
Sharl Azar, MD is a Hematologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and the Medical Director of the Comprehensive Sickle Center Disease Treatment Center. |
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Michelle Diop, MD, ScM is an Attending Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital |
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Stephanie Kiser, MD, MPH is an Attending Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine and the Clinical Director for Palliative Care at Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School. |
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“Chronic Pain in Aging and Serious Illness: Clinical Practice Pearls” |
Katie Fitzgerald Jones, PhD, ACHPN, CARN-AP is a Palliative and Addiction Nurse Practitioner, Section of Palliative Care, VA Boston Healthcare System and Instructor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. |
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Lisa LaRowe, PhD is a Research Faculty Member at the Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness at the Mass General Research Institute and Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. |
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“Honoring Wishes on an Unclear Path: Aging and Palliative Care in the ICU” |
Corey Fehnel, MD, MPH is the Division Chief, Neurocritical Care and Hospital Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School |
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“What About a Nerve Block? Interventions for Cancer-Related Pain |
David Hao, MD is a double board-certified anesthesiologist and chronic pain physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also serves as the Director of the MGH Cancer Pain Program |
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“The Science and Art of Resilience: Lessons Learned from Patients, Families, and Communities” |
Abby R. Rosenberg, MD, MS, MA joined the team at Boston Children’s Hospital as the Director of Palliative Care in 2023. She is also the Chief of Pediatric Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. |
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“Enhancing Coping in Patients with Advanced Cancer |
Joseph Greer, PhD is the Co-Director of the Cancer Outcomes Research & Education Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. He is also an Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. |
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“Moving Beyond ‘Tell Me More’: Level Up Your Approach to Cross-Cultural Interactions |
Irene M. Yeh, MD, MPH, FAAHPM is a Senior Physician in the Department of Supportive Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. |
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“Naming the SHAME: Talking about Substance Use Disorder and Complex Pain in Palliative Care” |
Charmaine Lastimoso, MSN, MPH, NP-C, CARN-AP is a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner with the Department of Supportive Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
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“Spiritual Care for Generalists and Specialists: Integrating Research and Practice” |
Sarah Byrne-Martelli, DMin, MDiv, BCC-PCHAC is a Palliative Care Researcher, at Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Aging and Serious Illness and Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary |
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“Shackled at the End of Life: Palliative Care in the Context of a Growing Incarcerated Geriatric Population” |
Dorreen Danesh, MD is a PACE Physician at San Ysidro Health. |
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“Artificial Intelligence in Serious Illness Care” |
Manuel Fanarjian, MD is a palliative care physician and clinical informaticist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as well as an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. |
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“Strengthening Palliative Care Partnership with Speech Language Pathology: Reframing the narrative for seriously ill patients with dysphagia and communication vulnerabilities” |
Blair Robinson, MD, MPH at Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor in Medicine
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Jameson Cooper, MS, CCC-SLP is a Research Speech Language Pathologist at the MGH Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation |
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Courtney Munro is a Speech Language Pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital |
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“Palliative Care for People with Dementia” |
Peter Rabins, MD was the founding director of the division of geriatric psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD and the first holder of the Richman Family Chair of Alzheimer’s disease and Related Disorders. |
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“What We Learn from Listening” |
Anne Gosline is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care and a Senior Director in the Executive Office of Blue Cross |
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“Microaggressions and its Macro-impact: Surviving Difficult Spaces” |
Kimberly Angelia Curseen, MD is the Director of Outpatient Supportive Care; Emory Palliative Care Center, and the Director of Winship Palliative Medicine Program.
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Price
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