American Academy of Family Physicians Hospice and Palliative Care Edition 2 2024

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+ Target Audience: family physicians, primary care providers, and interdisciplinary care teams

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• Course Title: Hospice and Palliative Care (Edition 2)

• Organizer: American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

• Format: On-Demand Online Google Drive Link

• Description: Terminal illness impacts everyone involved in caring for the patient, including you. This hospice and palliative care training shares proven strategies and best practices to help patients and their families navigate the often-overwhelming journey toward end-of-life care. Participants will learn to tailor hospice and palliative care conversations to each patient, recognize when a patient may benefit from hospice care earlier, have clearer and more supportive conversations with patients and families about hospice care, and navigate billing and coding details for advance care planning conversations. Topics include advance care planning, communication, grief and bereavement, hospice versus palliative care, nutrition and hydration, pain management, and constipation and non-pain symptoms.

Learning Objectives

1. Differentiate the benefits and appropriate timing of palliative care and hospice care, and recognize when a patient may benefit from earlier hospice referral.

2. Conduct clear, empathetic, and patient-centered conversations regarding serious illness, advance care planning, goals of care, and hospice transitions, while navigating appropriate billing and coding requirements.

3. Provide evidence-based palliative care and symptom management—including pain, constipation, nutrition, hydration, and non-pain symptoms—throughout the continuum of illness with consideration of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.

4. Provide adequate comfort measures and anticipatory guidance to patients and their families at the time of imminent death, as well as grief and bereavement support.

Target Audience

This course is designed for family physicians, primary care providers, and interdisciplinary care teams caring for patients with serious or terminal illnesses and their families.

Best for Family Physicians, Primary Care Physicians, Internists, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Specialists, Palliative Care Physicians, Geriatricians, Hospitalists, Pain Management Specialists, Medical Oncologists, Medical Nutrition Specialists, Gastroenterologists, and Psychiatrists.

Topics

1. Hospice Versus Palliative Care—An Overview — Morgan Unruh, DO

2. Advance Care Planning and the Role of the Family Medicine Provider — David B. Brecher, MD

3. Communication — Morgan Unruh, DO; Erin Nielsen, LCSW; Lucy Stasi, RN

4. The Referral — Johnson Wu, DO, MBe

5. Nutrition and Hydration in the Terminally Ill — Laurence Robbins, MD

6. Symptom Management Part 1: Pain and Constipation — Christi A. Stewart, MD, FAAFP, FAAHPM, HMDC

7. Symptom Management Part 2: Non-Pain Symptoms — Morgan Unruh, DO

8. The Last Hours: Impending Death — Christi A. Stewart, MD, FAAFP, FAAHPM, HMDC

9. Conversations on Grief: An Introduction to Grief and Bereavement — Michelle Owens, DO, FAAFP; Chaplain Nancy McCranie, MDiv; Kat Postel, LCSW

10. Reflection Session — Michelle Owens, DO, FAAFP