Upcoming Event
Education Session
Topic: Palliative Care Approach for patients with Neurological Diseases
Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. EST
Speakers: Dr. Kaitlin Sheridan
This session will focus on providing a palliative care approach to patients with movement disorders with a goal of empowering primary care providers, specialists and interdisciplinary teams to manage palliative symptoms and pain, communicate with patients and care givers about the trajectory and prognostication of the disorder and identify resources available in Northeastern Ontario when assistance is needed.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session participants will be able to:
1. Discuss illness trajectory and prognostication with patients and their care givers to establish goals of care.
2. Identify the unique symptom management considerations for movement disorders.
3. Identify key team members to implement an interdisciplinary approach to care.
Presentation & Evaluation
**IMPORTANT PROGRAM CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENTS**
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We will be issuing certificates of attendance quarterly (Dec, Mar, Jun). When you log into the WebEx you will be asked to enter your full name and email address. This is necessary to verify attendance and ensure you receive your certificate.
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Upcoming Sessions
*Changes may occur based on speaker availability
You can register for all of these sessions on our registration page. You will receive an email with links to add the sessions to your calendar so you don't forget!
January 9, 2025 - Palliative Care Approach for patients with Neurological Diseases
Accreditation Statement
This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Continuing Education and Professional Development Office at NOSM University for up to 2 Mainpro+ credit(s).
The Palliative Care Education Program is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Location
Online event
Registration period
June 20, 2024 - 00:00 until June 19, 2025 - 00:00
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact cepd@nosm.ca .
