Thursday, October 3, 2019
This conference has already taken place.
Description
Palliative care is a patient-centered, interdisciplinary practice of medicine for those facing chronic, serious, life-limiting disease. This symposium is designed to highlight the issues that face these complex patients and provides insight as to how to better care for them.
There is no cost to attend this symposium.
For pricing information, see pricing tab below.
Dates and Times
Start: 10/3/2019 7:30 AM
End: 10/3/2019 4:45 PM
Objectives
- Understand the difference between Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care.
- Improve patient outcomes by using quality metrics.
- Enhance care of patients with serious, life limiting conditions throughout the trajectory of their disease.
- Discuss the social and ethical issues that face Palliative care patients.
- Review the role of the interdisciplinary team, and its effects of the patient/family experience.
Speakers
Location
Stony Brook Southampton, Duke Auditorium, Chancellor's Hall
39 Tuckahoe Rd
Southampton, NY 11968
Accreditation
The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.