Hospice & Palliative Care

Speaker: Michael Mencias, MD, FAAHPM
Senior Hospice Medical Director
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care
New York, NY

Purpose: Acquire the knowledge and skills expected of a palliative care clinician in heart failure management.

Objectives:  

1. Identify, describe, and manage common signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure.
2. Discuss the difficulty in heart failure prognostication.
3. Identify, describe, and manage common comorbid symptoms associated with congestive heart failure.
4. Assess and manage signs and symptoms associated with commonly implanted cardiac devices (pacemaker, defibrillator, ventricular assist devices)--from preimplantation to long-term care and end-of-life management.

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

Continuing Education Accreditation

Physicians: The AAFP has reviewed MJHS 2024-2025 Interprofessional Webinar Series, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 09/26/2024 to 08/31/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This session Role of Specialist Palliative Care in Heart Failure is approved for 1.0 online 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:
Individual: Free (includes CME/CE certificate)
Group: Free (includes unlimited CME/CE certificates)

Note to Groups:
If you plan to attend as a group, the group facilitator should register for the webinar. After registering, group facilitators will receive detailed email instructions on how to process CE credits for group attendees. Please email [email protected] or call (212) 649-5500 with additional questions.

Attending by Smartphone:
No dial-in (i.e., listen only) connections are permitted for CE credit. To attend by phone, download and install the GoToWebinar App from the Apple Store or Google Play.

System Requirements for Computers and Mobile Devices:
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Disclosures:
Michael Mencias, MD, FAAHPM, 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/