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- Integrated Basic and Advanced Course in Palliative Medicine
Curriculum
- 7 Sections
- 41 Lessons
- 50 Weeks
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- Integrated Basic and Advanced Course in Palliative Medicine1
- 1. Introduction to Palliative Care1
- 2. Pain Management15
- 3.1Comprehensive Pain Assessment
- 3.2Matching the Drug Class to the Pain
- 3.3Patient Factors that Influence Prescribing Decisions
- 3.4Pain Management – Assessing Risk for Opioid Substance Use Disorder
- 3.5Pain Management- Opioid Trials, Determining Design, Efficacy, and Safety
- 3.6Medical Ethics
- 3.7Prescribing an Opioid
- 3.8Prescribing Short-Acting Opioids: Four Case Studies
- 3.9Monitoring for Opioid Efficacy, Side Effects, and Substance Use Disorder
- 3.10Converting from Short-Acting to Long-Acting Opioids
- 3.11Prescribing Practice and Opioid Conversions
- 3.12Advanced Conversions and Opioid Side Effects
- 3.13Special Populations And Patient-Controlled Analgesia
- 3.14Managing Pain in Patients At Risk for Substance Use Disorder
- 3.15Pain Management & Putting it all together
- 3. Symptom management9
- 4.1Anxiety in Patients with Serious Illness
- 4.2Depression in Patients with Serious Illness
- 4.3Delirium
- 4.4Constipation
- 4.5Nausea and Vomiting in Patients with Serious Illness
- 4.6Palliative care emergency
- 4.7Opioid availability
- 4.8Organizing Palliative care services
- 4.9Dyspnea in Patients with Serious Illness
- 4. Communication skills7
- 5. Best practice in Dementia Care8
- 6.1Discussing your Patient & Dementia Diagnosis
- 6.2Communicating About What to Expect as Dementia Progresses
- 6.3Planning for the Future with People Living with Dementia and their Caregivers
- 6.4Supporting the Caregivers of People Living with Dementia
- 6.5Understanding and Responding to Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
- 6.6Mood and Sleep Disturbances in People Living with Dementia
- 6.7Critical decisions in advanced dementia
- 6.8End of life care:
- EPC-I Module Post-Test Survey2