Robert L. Jesse, MD PhD, is a strong proponent of interprofessional clinical and research collaboration and leads the VA Office of Academic Affiliations, the Nation’s largest provider of graduate medical education and a major contributor to health professions education and research. “Health care is a team sport,” said Dr. Jesse. “It is very important … Read moreIn Her Own Words: VJ Periyakoil, MD, discusses IPE
I entered my Palliative Care and Hospice Fellowship in July of 2014, having previously weighed the benefits and burdens of grandfathering in vs. fellowship training. Encouraged by colleagues and my employer I hoped to pursue an experience that would be richer than on the job training and book learning. I did my research before applying … Read moreA Fellowship Does Matter
Are you heading to Chicago to join AAHPM for the Summer Institute? Need ideas on what to do while you are here? Find out what locals have suggested below: Attend the Chicago Air & Water Show, August 15-16 for the largest free admission air and water exhibition of its kind in the US. The show … Read moreChicago-bound? What to Do and Where to Eat
Dear Education Colleagues, Are you familiar with all the ICD-10 changes coming your way? Are you certain exactly where to find morphology codes? What has the 8-week rule regarding initial and subsequent MIs changed to? How does laterality effect your coding? How will you correctly code for symptom treatment? What about the management of terminal … Read moreICD-10 Program Focusing on Hospice and Palliative Care
Larry Beresford, freelance medical journalist in Alameda, CA (Twitter: @larryberesford) The Institute of Medicine’s landmark new report, Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life, developed with the active participation of several AAHPM leaders in an exhaustive, 2-year process of evidence-based deliberation, was released on September 17. It contains … Read moreCall for Action: The IOM Report
AAHPM launched a comprehensive study tool, the HMDC PREP, for those preparing for the Hospice Medical Director Certification Exam coming up in May. The tool includes 75 case-based questions, rationales and active links to references. According to Dr. Porter Storey, executive vice president of AAHPM and a reviewer of HMDC PREP, “This new online tool … Read moreHMDC PREP – Assess your knowledge of hospice medicine
Larry Beresford Are accumulated job stresses affecting your ability to provide high-quality hospice and palliative medicine to your patients? Do you have strategies for easing or managing the stresses of this work? Given this field’s ongoing workforce challenges, it can’t afford to lose a single practicing hospice and palliative medicine physician to job stress or … Read moreAre You in Danger of Burnout?
Dear Education SIG Colleagues, Over the years, many of you have likely become familiar with or participated in Oncotalk and similar courses (e.g. Geritalk, Critical Care Communication Course, Nephrotalk) aimed at improving communication skills of trainees. Through palliative care fellowship and early career development, I felt like I had developed the target communication skills of … Read moreEducation Resource Email #6: Intensive Talk
Fast Facts and Concepts for Ed-SIG http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/EPERC/FastFactsandConcepts Fast Facts and Concepts (“FF”) are a series of short, peer-reviewed monographs on a wide variety of palliative care topics. They are published on the EPERC website at the Medical College of Wisconsin, as well as co-published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. FF were started in around … Read moreEducation Resource Email #5: Fast Facts and Concepts
Will you be joining 400 of your hospice colleagues August 29-31 at the AAHPM Hospice Medical Director Conference in Indianapolis? Several local Academy members have offered their picks for the best restaurants, greatest attractions and fun neighborhoods in the Indianapolis area. For more suggestions check out VisitIndy.com and follow @VisitIndy on Twitter. Feel free and … Read moreIndianapolis, Here We Come!