Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify unique palliative care needs in specific populations: individuals with kidney disease and those with substance use disorders
Describe innovative palliative care programs to address those palliative care needs.
Outline the opportunities to improve the experience of special populations with serious illnesses.

Abstract

Two exciting speakers, Dr. Julie Childers and Dr. Jane Schell, review the most recent and practice-changing updates within the field of Palliative Care.

Palliative care in individuals with substance use disorders - Presented by: Julie Childers, MD, MS
Palliative care in individuals with kidney disease - Presented by: Jane Schell, MD

Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements& Suggested Additional Reading:

Suggested Additional Reading:

Hser YI, Mooney LJ, Saxon AJ, Miotto K, Bell DS, Zhu Y, Liang D, Huang D. High mortality among patients with opioid use disorder in a large healthcare system. Journal of addiction medicine. 2017 Jul;11(4):315.
Merlin JS, Young SR, Arnold R, Bulls HW, Childers J, Gauthier L, Giannitrapani KF, Kavalieratos D, Schenker Y, Wilson JD, Liebschutz JM. Managing opioids, including misuse and addiction, in patients with serious illness in ambulatory palliative care: a qualitative study. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 2020 Jul;37(7):507-13.
Salz T, Mishra Meza A, Gennarelli RL, Lipitz‐Snyderman A, Moryl N, Tringale KR, Boudreau DM, Kriplani A, Jinna S, Korenstein D. Safety of opioid prescribing among older cancer survivors. Cancer. 2022 Feb 1;128(3):570-8.
Stockings E, Tran LT, Santo Jr T, Peacock A, Larney S, Santomauro D, Farrell M, Degenhardt L. Mortality among people with regular or problematic use of amphetamines: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Addiction. 2019 Oct;114(10):1738-50.

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This educational activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Authors:

Jane Schell, MD — Associate Professor of Medicine, Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Renal-Electrolyte, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Julie Childers, MD, MS — Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.