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Hospice & Palliative Care

ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION

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1/23/25, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

LIVE WEBINAR SERIES:
NEW DRUG CLASSES/THERAPIES IN PALLIATIVE CARE

Speaker
Speaker: Ebtesam Ahmed, PharmD, MS, BCMTMS
Clinical Professor
St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Department of Pharmacy Practice
New York, NY

Purpose: This webinar will inform healthcare providers about emerging drug classes and therapies in palliative care, highlighting their role in improving symptom management and enhancing quality of life for patients with serious, chronic, or life-limiting conditions.

Objectives:  

  1. Understand the mechanisms of new drug classes for symptom relief
  2. Evaluate the clinical evidence for new palliative care therapies
  3. Discuss practical considerations in the use of new palliative therapies

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

Continuing Education Accreditation

Physicians: The AAFP has reviewed MJHS 2024-2025 Interprofessional Webinar Series, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 09/26/2024 to 08/31/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This session New Drug Classes/Therapies in Palliative Care is approved for 1.0 online AAFP Elective credit.
Note: Physicians should contact their respective licensing boards and specialty certification boards about acceptance of AAFP Elective credits when attempting to satisfy CME credit requirements.

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:
Individual: Free (includes CME/CE certificate)
Group: Free (includes unlimited CME/CE certificates)

Note to Groups:
If you plan to attend as a group, the group facilitator should register for the webinar. After registering, group facilitators will receive detailed email instructions on how to process CE credits for group attendees. Please email [email protected] or call (212) 649-5500 with additional questions.

Attending by Smartphone:
No dial-in (i.e., listen only) connections are permitted for CE credit. To attend by phone, download and install the GoToWebinar App from the Apple Store or Google Play.

System Requirements for Computers and Mobile Devices:
https://support.logmeininc.com/gotowebinar/system-check-attendee

Disclosures:
Ebtesam Ahmed, PharmD, MS, BCMTMS, 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 Planning Committee Member has any disclosures.

Planning Committee Members
Myra Glajchen, DSW
Kerrianne P. Page, MD, HMDC
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Karen Richards, PhD, EdS

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

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

The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is pleased to offer free interdisciplinary palliative care webinars, live and on demand, delivered by frontline experts, typically offering Continuing Medical Education (CME), Nursing continuing education (CE), Social Work CE credits, Case Manager CCMC CE credits, and Music Therapy CE credits.

Our free interactive multimedia modules on Community-Based Palliative Care Program Development  and Caring for Holocaust Survivors With Sensitivity at End of Life  offer up to 9.75 CE credits.

Free pdf downloads now available: 15 palliative care professional factsheets and patient education handouts on 18 topics in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, and Russian.

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