Hospice & Palliative Care

Purpose: This webinar will present a number of cases where goals of care conversations were key to the management of patients with acute stroke and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). We will explain which factors in the cases led to the decision to step back and discuss goals of care and general recommendations for managing these difficult cases.

Objectives:

1. Explain which stroke/ICH syndromes have poor prognoses
2. Recognize the signs and symptoms of catastrophic stroke and ICH
3. Discuss strategies to communicate about the patient's injury and expected prognosis
4. Implement strategies to engage in open discussion about the patient's end-of-life wishes

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

Continuing Education Accreditation

Physicians: The AAFP has reviewed MJHS 2025-2026 Interprofessional Webinar Series – Enduring, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 10/02/2025 to 10/01/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This session Acute Stroke and Intracranial Hemorrhage and Goals of Care is approved for 1.0 Live AAFP Elective credits.

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 an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver 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)

Release Date: October 16, 2025

Expiration Date: October 15, 2026 (for physicians and non-physicians); March 31, 2028 (for nurses); January 31, 2028 (for NYS Social Workers)

Disclosures:
Johanna Seiden, MD, MPH 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/