Hospice & Palliative Care

Speaker: Mara Lugassy, MD
Palliative Medicine Section Chief,
Westchester Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor
New York Medical College

Purpose: The purpose of this webinar is to enhance knowledge of the role of palliative care in managing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) throughout the course of disease.

Why Do I Need to Know This? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a disease that has a profound impact on patients, families, and caregivers in multiple domains. Ability to effectively manage disease-related symptoms, facilitate complex goals of care discussion, and coordinate caregiver resources are all essential to providing effective palliative care in ALS.

Objectives:  

1. Identify an interdisciplinary approach to management of symptoms that commonly occur in ALS
2. Develop strategies for disease specific goals of care discussions regarding artificial nutrition and hydration and mechanical ventilation
3. Identify resources to maximize patient and family support and to facilitate coordination of care throughout disease course

Target Audience: Primary care providers, nurse practitioners, palliative care specialists, pain specialists, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, allied health professionals, fellows, residents, and medical students

Criteria for Successful Completion:

1. Attendance at entire session
2. Submission of completed evaluation form
3. Successful completion of a posttest; 80% passing grade (mandatory to receive CE credit for social workers)

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

Continuing Education Accreditation

Physicians: The AAFP has reviewed MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care Interprofessional Webinar Series - On Demand (3)--REV, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 06/27/2024 to 06/26/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This session Palliative Care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is approved for 1.0 enduring 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: Free (includes CME/CE certificate)

Release Date: June 27, 2024

Expiration Date: June 26, 2025 (for physicians and non-physicians); February 1, 2025 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)

Disclosures:

Mara Lugassy, MD, 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/