Course Description

  • This program is designed to satisfy New Jersey’s two-hour end-of-life care requirement for medical license renewal.

Did you know that New Jersey patients near the end of life are treated with more aggressive medical care than patients in any other state in the U.S.?

This high-intensity, high-cost care is often unwanted and burdensome to both patients and their caregivers. Key reasons for this burdensome care are the lack of knowledge about palliative and end-of-life care services, and comfort discussing these care options with patients.

This program consists of presentations and breakout sessions with thought leaders and palliative care innovators from NJ and around the country to learn best practices to improve care for those who are seriously ill or nearing the end of life.

Who Should Take this Course?

  • Physicians, Physician Assistants

  • Nurses, Nurse Practitioners

  • Pharmacists

  • Nursing Home Administrators

  • Chaplains

  • Students

  • Any individual interested in improving the quality of care provided for people with serious illness

Learning Objectives

  • Define palliative care and the impact it has on quality of life for patients and their families

  • Describe the patients who can benefit from palliative care

  • Review tools, resources and best practices for delivering quality care during a serious illness

  • Identify racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in serious illness and the practice of cultural humility

  • Apply an equity lens in discussing and sharing information about end-of-life options, palliative care, and helping patients manage serious illness

  • Incorporate strategies for having effective conversations about options for end-of-life care

  • Explain the provisions of the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act (MAiD) in NJ

  • Work with your care team to develop and document care plans that reflect shared decision-making and patient preferences

    1. A Paradigm Shift in Caring for People with Serious Illness: A Conversation with Diane E. Meier, MD

    2. Pediatric Palliative Care presented by Susan Dulczak, MSN, PPCNP-BC, CPON, CHPPN

    3. Pain Management and Medication Decisions in EOL Care: Deprescribing and New Options for Patients presented by Mary Bridgeman, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BCGP and M. Hamza Habib, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, MRCP

    4. Shared Decision-Making: Discuss, Decide & Document Patient Wishes presented by David Barile, MD

    1. Improving Equity in Serious Illness Care: Ethical, Cultural & Spiritual Concerns presented by Stephen Goldfine, MD and the Gladden Family

    2. Communication Workshop: Facilitating A Conversation About Serious Illness presented by Marianne Holler, DO, FAAHPM

    3. Making Faithful Decisions at the EOL: How to Help Patients Navigate Options presented by Rabbi Richard F. Address, D.Min, Chaplain Tedford J. Taylor, and Katherine Klima, DNP, CNM

    4. Being a Change Agent in Your Community presented by Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, MSN, RN-BC

    1. Medical Aid in Dying in NJ: Current Barriers and Opportunities presented by David R. Grube, MD

    2. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Medical Aid in Dying but Were Afraid to Ask presented by Matt Whitaker, MTS

    3. Integration of MAiD and Hospice: Caring for the Dying presented by Sonja Richmond, MD

    4. Relieving Provider Stress through Art presented by Leah Kohlenberg
  • Free

Co-Chairs

MD David R. Barile

Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Goals of GOCCNJ, Director of Palliative Medicine Services and Medical Director of the Acute Care for the Elderly Unit at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center

MD Jessica Israel

Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer at Complete Care.

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