Hospice & Palliative Care

Speaker's Name and Title: Kavita V. Dharmarajan, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Purpose: The purpose of this webinar is to provide an overview of the role of palliative radiation therapy in symptom management in patients with metastatic or incurable cancers.

Objectives:  

1. Recognize the indications for palliative radiation therapy among patients with metastatic or incurable cancer
2. Describe the palliative radiation treatment process, expected outcomes, and expected timeline for these outcomes
3. Discuss the pharmacologic supportive therapies commonly utilized during and after palliative radiation treatment to mitigate treatment-related effects

Target Audience: Primary care providers, nurse practitioners, palliative care specialists, pain specialists, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, allied health professionals, fellows, residents, and medical students

Criteria for Successful Completion:

1. Attendance at entire session
2. Submission of completed evaluation form
3. Successful completion of a posttest; 80% passing grade (mandatory to receive CE credit for social workers)

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

Continuing Education Accreditation

Nurses: The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Social Workers: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0242.

Fees: Free (includes CME/CE certificate)

Release Date: September 15, 2022

Expiration Date: July 1, 2024 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)

Disclosures:

Kavita V. Dharmarajan, MD, MSc, has no financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research, or services may be discussed in these materials. Any discussion of investigational or unlabeled uses of a product will be identified.

No other Planning Committee Member has financial disclosures.

Planning Committee Members
Lara Dhingra, PhD
Myra Glajchen, DSW
Helena Knotkova, PhD
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Karen Richards, PhD, EdS
Wini Schein, BA

Funding Disclosure: No commercial funding has been accepted for the activity.

Location: Online at https://www.mjhspalliativeinstitute.org/e-learning/