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Learn more about Updates in Palliative Care 2023
This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options
Course Directors: Frank (Andy) A. Bock, D.O., Molly A. Feely, M.D. and Jacob J. Strand, M.D.
May 4 - 6, 2023 - The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel - Dana Point, California
Mayo Clinic's Updates in Palliative Care is a multidisciplinary CME course designed to build and enhance your palliative care knowledge. Experts from the Mayo Clinic Center for Palliative Care provide clinically relevant pearls for palliative care providers and clinicians from primary care, hematology/oncology, hospital medicine, critical care and related specialties. If you care for patients with serious illness and are looking to broaden your skills beyond the basics, this is the course for you.
Target Audience
Targeted clinician specialties (MD, NP, PA-C) including clinicians from general internal medicine, family medicine, hospital medicine, oncology, hospice and palliative care, critical care, geriatrics, nephrology and cardiology.
Learning Objectives
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
- Describe treatment strategies for refractory symptoms in patients with serious illness.
- Identify an approach to address complex communication scenarios such as communication about goals/values for patients facing a terminal illness, requests for hastened death, miracles and perceived futility.
- Recognize palliative care disparities among racial and ethnic populations and potential and possible ways to address it.
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Guest rooms have been reserved for attendees and their guests with special course rates at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel. Various room types are available, see below. In order to receive the special rate (s) (plus applicable taxes and fees) reservations must be made before the room block is filled or before the expiration date of April 7th, 2023 whichever comes first. After April 7, 2023, reservations will be taken based on space and rate availability. Each course attendee is allowed one guest room at the special course room rate.
Please identify yourself as a participant of the Mayo Clinic Updates in Palliative Care 2023 course when making your reservation. You may call (800) 930-5146 to make your reservation.
Resort Fee
Room rates will be subject to a non-commissionable daily resort fee of $10.00 per room per night (regularly $60.00).
Included in this fee are the following amenities and services:
- Wireless, high-speed internet access in guest rooms and common areas (a value of $19.95 per room, per night)
- Unlimited local telephone calls in Southern California
- 24-hour computer access to the Private Business Centers
- Daily Yoga and Pilates classes on the lawn overlooking the Pacific Ocean
- Individual guest use of The Ritz-Carlton Spa’s sauna and steam rooms
- Shuttle service to and from Salt Creek Beach on an individual guest request basis (not applicable to group transfers)
- Access to resort’s Beach Butler Service and use of beach recreation equipment including fins, towel service, umbrellas, and beach chairs.
- Unlimited use of the Tennis Courts including rackets. Tournament and clinic fees are additional.
- Preferred golf tee-times at Monarch Beach Golf Links, including shuttle service and golf bag storage on an individual guest request basis (not applicable to group transfers)
- Participation in the resort’s daily scheduled Eco-Adventure Center Garden Tour
All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.
Course Directors
Frank (Andy) A. Bock, D.O.
Dr. F. Andrew (Andy) Bock is a Mayo Clinic Palliative Medicine Consultant with the Division of Community Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care and an Assistant Professor with the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. He has been board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine since 2004 and is a Hospice Medical Director with Mayo Hospice. He currently serves as the Palliative Care Fellowship Hospice Rotation Director and previously served as chair of the Palliative Medicine Clinical Practice Committee. Andy has an interest in physician communication and complex medical decision making including advanced care planning and end of life shared decision making. He continues to practice palliative care in the hospital, subacute and community settings
Molly A. Feely, M.D.
Dr. Feely is triple boarded in family medicine, internal medicine, and palliative medicine. Her clinical interests lie in palliative care for patients with end stage renal disease and pain management for patients with dual diagnoses of cancer and substance use disorder. She has been very active in education throughout her career, is a former program director for the hospice palliative medicine fellowship at Mayo and current education chair for palliative medicine. She has been member of the executive leadership team for the section of palliative medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester for 10 years.
Jacob J. Strand, M.D.
Dr. Strand is currently Chair, Enterprise Center for Palliative Medicine and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Sciences. He sees hospitalized patients with complex symptom needs on the inpatient palliative care services and works closely with patients and their caregivers to manage complications of serious illness, particularly patients with cancer and advanced heart failure in the outpatient Symptom Management, Pain and Quality of Life Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Strand's clinical research interests center around the integration of palliative medicine into the care of patients with cancer and advanced cardiac disease, management of complex cancer-related pain and barriers to cancer pain management. He participates in several active national research protocols and lectures nationally and internationally on these topics.
Mayo Clinic Faculty
Lezlie H. Andersen, M.D.
Toure' (Toure) Barksdale, M.D.
Frank (Andy) A. Bock, D.O.
Elise Carey, M.D.
Christopher A. Collura, M.D.
Macaila Eick CNP
Molly A. Feely, M.D.
Jennie M. Goble, P.A.-C., M.S.
Molly M. Kilpatrick, M.D.
Maria Lapid, M.D.
Amanda Lorenz, M.D.
Susan M. Moeschler, M.D.
Deirdre R. Pachman, M.D.
Daniel (Dan) K. Partain, M.D.
Laura S. Rhee, D.O.
Meghann T. Ryan, APRN, C.N.P., M.S.N.
Leslie R. Siegel, Pharm.D
Jacob J. Strand, M.D.
Rahma Warsame, M.D.
James C. Watson, M.D.
John M. Wilkinson, M.D.
Sara E. Wordingham, M.D.
Mei (Mei-Ean) E. Yeow, B.M.B.Ch.
External Faculty
Katie Fitzgerald Jones, MSN, APN, Ph.D.
Mihir Kamdar, M.D.
Zachary S. Sager, M.D.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s):
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
| General Session | |
| Thursday | 5.00 |
| Friday | 5.50 |
| Saturday | 5.50 |
| General Session Total | 16.00 |
| Optional Workshops | |
| Palliative Care KSA | 4.00 |
| Advanced Pharmacologic Options for Refractory Pain | 3.00 |
| Buprenorphine in Palliative Care | 3.00 |
ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this activity for a maximum of 23.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAPA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 23.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
The AAFP has reviewed Updates in Palliative Care 2023 and deemed it acceptable for up to 21.00 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 05/04/2023 to 05/06/2023. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations.
For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s) and staff, please go here to review disclosures.
Available Credit
- 23.00 AAPA Category 1
- 23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 23.00 ANCC
- 23.00 Attendance
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