Session Information
2006 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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From Acute Care to Chronic Care: Management of Pain to Providing Palliative Care
Track:
Sessions
Program Code: 254-L01
Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Time: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Location:
Ballroom D (CC)
MODERATOR:
Doug Baldwin, Pharm.D., Director of Pharmacy, Duke HomeCare & Hospice, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC
SPEAKER(S):
Suzanne Amato Nesbit, Pharm.D., BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pain Management, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Pain/Palliative Educational Resources and Competency Development
Angela Galloway Huskey, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacist and Pain Management and Palliative Care Specialist, The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Largo
Chronic Management/Palliative Care
Description
Learning Objectives: Define palliative care and identify the evolving role of palliative care throughout the continuum of care. Identify and explain the role of pharmacists within an interdisciplinary team in optimizing palliative care. Explain how to develop a comprehensive plan of care based on the interdisciplinary assessment of the patient and family. Recommend appropriate modalities (pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic) in the management of common physical and emotional symptoms and medication-related side effects. Identify challenges related to caring for patients with advanced illness across different venues and coordination of care. Explain how to develop competencies for pharmacy staff in pain and palliative care.