18th Annual Pain & Palliative Care Conference
Register now for June 20Event Details
New this year! Select participants will have an opportunity to display a poster at the event. Please apply to display your poster by May 24.
Topics
- KEYNOTE: What I Have Learned From Your Patients about Quality and Equity?
- Opiod Use
- Urine Drug Screening
- Buprenorphine for Cancer Pain
- Young Adult Patients Transitioning to Adult Care
- The Origins and Evolution of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Finding a Path to Peace at the End of Life
Confirmed Speakers
- KEYNOTE: Cindy Barnard, PhD, MBA, MSJS
- Pamela Floyd, MD, MPH, MDiv
- Angela Hu, MD
- Collin Hanson, MD
- Bryan Jan, MD
- Emily Peterson, RN
- Michael Preodor, MD, FACP
- Melanie Smith, MD
- Terra Solove, LCSW
- John Wagner, MD
Conference Fees
General | $50 |
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Northwestern Affiliates | $30 |
Students, residents, fellows | $20 |
Industry | $250 |
Virtual Only | $20 |
Target Audience
Nurses, APRNs, physician assistants, physicians, social workers, chaplains, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending this conference, participants will be able to:
- Describe how to integrate quality and equity into the care of people with serious illness.
- Review existing clinical practices in caring for patients with co-occurring opioid use disorder and cancer pain.
- Explore risk assessment tools for non-medical opioid use.
- Provide an overview of using Burprenorphine for the treatment of cancer related pain.
- Describe special care considerations for young adult palliative care patients transitioning to adult care.
- Identify the impact of Palliative Medicine on the medical culture in the United States.
- Provide practical advice for the front-line clinician as they respond to a patients’ and families’ existential needs.
Contact Hours
This activity has been submitted to the Midwest Multistate Division for approval to award contact hours. The Midwest Multistate Division is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Additionally, this activity provides continuing education contact hours for social workers through Northwestern Medicine.
For more information regarding contact hours, please contact cancer@northwestern.edu.
Conference Leadership
DIRECTOR:
Judith Paice, PhD, RN
Director
Cancer Pain Program, Northwestern Medicine
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
CO-CHAIRS:
Rev. Edward Penate, DMin, BCC
Staff Chaplain for Palliative Care and Spiritual Care & Education
Northwestern Medicine
Eytan Szmuilowicz, MD
Palliative Medicine
Northwestern Medicine
Additional Information
For additional information about the event, please contact cancer@northwestern.edu.