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ForwardPalliative Education & Training Day (PET Day) 10.7.25
Target Audience
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Pharmacist
Physician
Physician Assistant
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this event, participants should be able to: * name and describe the first 2 starges of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy); * list 3 ways to build rapport with patients through life review techniques; * describe how to integrate ACT when using life review; * assess and navigate callenging cases of impaired or uncertain decision-making capacity in seriously ill patients using structured clinical and ethical frameworks; * identify appropriate surrogate decision-makers and apply principles of substituted judgment and best interest standards when patients lack capacity; * name at least 3 legal and ethical considerations around guardianship, health care proxies, and documentation; * recognize the diagnostic challenges in identifying depression and anxiety in patients with serious or life limiting illness; * differentiate between normative emotional responses, demoralization, and psychiatric illness in patients with serious illness; * apply evidence-based strategies in both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions for managing mood and anxiety disorders in patients with complex medical illness; * define common radiation oncology terms (e.g., IMRT, SBRT, IGRT, protons) and describe how they relate to treatment planning and delivery in palliative settings; * summarize the clinical indications and evidence supporting the use of radiation therapy for symptom management in patients with advanced illness (e.g., pain, bleeding, neurologic compromise); * describe the components of a radiation therapy plan, including factors influencing modality choice, treatment duration, and expected outcomes, to better facilitate interdisciplinary communication and patient counseling.
Additional Information
Disclaimer Statement
The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.
Disclosure Statement: No 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 proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.
Accreditation and credit designation
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh School designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 3.0 contact hours.
Social Work (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 3.0 continuing education credits.
Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh 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 3.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Other Healthcare Professionals
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.
Available Credit
- 3.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 3.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 3.00 ASWB
- 3.00 Attendance