Announcements
NATIONAL SUPPORTIVE
AND PALLIATIVE CARE CONFERENCE WELCOMES LEADING NAMES
IN THE FIELD OF SUPPORTIVE CARE
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
November 13 and 14, 2009
Improving the quality of life for all cancer patients
and their families is paramount in comprehensive cancer
care. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,
together with the Department of Palliative Care and
Rehabilitation, proudly announce the 13th Annual Symptom
Control, Palliative and Hospice Care Conference to be
held in the Robert C. Hickey Auditorium on November
13 and 14th, 2009.
M. D. Anderson is no stranger to hosting leading names
in the field of supportive care, as the Department of
Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine and its
Chair, Eduardo Bruera, MD, are recognized world-wide
for their achievements and advancements in palliative
care.
This year, however, we are honored to welcome additional
world leaders in the field of supportive care. They
are:
Dr. Kathleen Foley, neurologist and Chair of the Department
of Pain and Palliative Care at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center in New York will receive the 6th Annual
John Mendelsohn Award for her pioneering advancements
in the field of supportive care. In addition to the
award presentation, Dr. Foley will present on the advancements
in palliative care both nationally and internationally,
as well as the challenges of treating cancer pain.
Coupled with this honor, we are also proud to have
the opportunity to host Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN, FAAN,
research scientist for the City of Hope National Research
Center. She will receive the 2009 Lifetime Achievement
Award in Nursing for her dedication and advancements
in the role of nursing in supportive care. Dr. Ferrell
will address the nature of suffering and the goals of
nursing.
The annual conference will take place following two
board review courses available to physicians and nurses
interested in obtaining a board certification in hospice
and palliative medicine during the 2010 exam cycle.
Registration details for both the annual conference,
as well as the board review courses, can be found on
the CME/Conference Management Website: www.mdanderson.org/conferences.
‘Become an EPEC-Oncology
Trainer’
Conference: October 16-18, 2009
Chicago
This conference teaches clinical context and teaching
skills using the EPEC-O Curriculum and is intended for
medical personnel with an interest in palliative and
end-of-life care. As a certified EPEC-O Trainer, you
will help to lead your institution in providing better
palliative care for patients and families by learning
how to teach and utilize the EPEC-O Curriculum. For
details please click on the following link
http://www.epec.net/EPEC/Media/pdf/8x11EPECOOct093.pdf
Call for submissions
to the Journal of Palliative Medicine
The Journal of Palliative Medicine
is now published monthly and is seeking Personal Reflections
submissions. Personal Reflections include personal essays,
poetry, etc… This is a great way for a resident, student
or members of your team to be published for the first
time in a peer reviewed journal that is indexed widely.
Submissions should be submitted online using the follow
URL: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/palliative.
From New Zealand
– a film about hospice
“This episode of the Open Door series aims to dispel
some of the myths about Hospice; the main one being
that Hospice is just a place where people go to die…”
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/open-door---hospice-2007
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