TARGET AUDIENCE
Primary Care, Internal Medicine and Geriatric clinicians, Pharmacists, Advanced-Practice and Registered Nurses, Registered Dietitians, Long Term Care providers, Social Workers, Chaplains, as well as other health professionals will benefit from this course and are encouraged to attend.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Manage the physical, psychological, and social causes of distress in life-limited patients and their families.
- Develop practical strategies for introducing discussions of a patient’s end of life care plan.
- Cultivate approaches to working with diverse patient populations with different diseases in various settings.
REGISTRATION FEES
Early Registration (through May 12, 2011)
$100 All Health Professionals
$50 VA and UAMS House staff
Standard Rate (beginning May 13, 2011)
$110 All Health Professionals
$60 VA and UAMS House staff
CANCELLATION POLICY
Written notification of cancellation must be postmarked by June 3, 2011, to obtain a partial refund of the registration fee (a $50 administrative fee will be retained). After that date, no refunds will be issued. The Arkansas Geriatric Education Center and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System reserve the right to cancel this program if there are insufficient registrations. Full refunds will be made in that event. However, Arkansas Geriatric Education Center and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System are not responsible for any related costs or expenses.
LOCATION
The 1st Annual Hospice and Palliative Care conference will take place at the Wyndham Riverfront located at 2 Riverfront Place in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
LODGING
Special hotel rates are available to conference attendees. To receive these rates, please ask for the Hospice and Palliative Care Conference Rate. Room blocks are available until May 17, 2011. Please contact the Wyndham Riverfront at (501) 371-9000 to make reservations.
SPECIAL NEEDS
We are committed to making this CME activity accessible to all individuals. If you need auxiliary aid(s) or service(s) as identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act, or have a dietary restriction, please describe your needs on the registration form. Most requests can be accommodated if notification is received by May 27, 2011.
ARKANSAS QUEEN
A special evening has been planned for Wednesday, June 8th. Please join us on the Arkansas Queen, an elegant three deck replicated sternwheeler. This two hour cruise features a two entrée dinner followed by dancing under the stars. Reservations are required in advanced and transportation will be provided to and from the dock.
DISCLOSURE POLICY
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all sponsored or jointly sponsored educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CME) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. Financial relationships of the individual’s spouse or partner must also be disclosed, if the nature of the relationship could influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CME. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity.
ACCREDITATION
The UAMS College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
This entire program has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 8.25 hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians. The AAFP invites comments on any activity that has been approved for AAFP CME credit. Please forward your comments on the quality of this activity to cmecomment [at] aafp [dot] org.
The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy has approved the program for up to 8.25 continuing education hours.
The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by Arkansas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Participation in this activity provides up to 8.25 contact hours of continuing nursing education credit.
This entire program has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 8.25 hours by the Arkansas Office of Long Term Care.
This entire program has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 8.25 hours by the Arkansas Dietetic Association.
If applicable, this program has up to 8.25 hours of social work credit.
Each participant should claim only those hours of credit in the educational activity that he/she actually consumed.
Planning Committee
A. Reed Thompson, MD
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS)
VISN 16 Hospice/Palliative Care Clinical Champion
Associate Professor, Department of Geriatrics, College of Medicine, UAMS, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sarah Harrington, MD
Chief, Palliative Care
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS)
Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Geriatrics,
College of Medicine, UAMS, Little Rock, Arkansas
Ronni Chernoff., PhD, RD, FADA
Associate Director for Education and Evaluation
GRECC, CAVHS
Director, Arkansas Geriatric Education Center (AGEC), UAMS
Little Rock, Arkansas
Mary Engle, MSN, RN
VISN 16 GEC Deputy Manager, HPC Program Manager
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Diane Morgan, MSN, APRN, ACHPN
Coordinator, Palliative Care Program
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, Arkansas
Ruth E. Johnston, MS, RD, LD
GRECC Education Specialist
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, Arkansas
Kimberly H. Clement, BA
AGEC Education Specialist, Little Rock, Arkansas