Hospice & Palliative Care

Speaker: Ebtesam Ahmed, PharmD, MS, BCMTMS
Clinical Professor
St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Department of Pharmacy Practice
New York, NY

Purpose: This webinar will inform healthcare providers about emerging drug classes and therapies in palliative care, highlighting their role in improving symptom management and enhancing quality of life for patients with serious, chronic, or life-limiting conditions.

Objectives:  

1. Understand the mechanisms of new drug classes for symptom relief
2. Evaluate the clinical evidence for new palliative care therapies
3. Discuss practical considerations in the use of new palliative therapies

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

Continuing Education Accreditation

Physicians: The AAFP has reviewed MJHS 2024-2025 Interprofessional Webinar Series-Enduring, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 09/26/2024 to 09/25/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This session New Drug Classes/Therapies in Palliative Care 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: March 6, 2025

Expiration Date: March 5, 2026 (for physicians and non-physicians); April 15, 2025 (for nurses); January 31, 2028 (for NYS Social Workers)

Disclosures:
Ebtesam Ahmed, PharmD, MS, BCMTMS, 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/