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End of Life Education Fellowship
Program
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The End of Life Education Fellowship Program is a
six-week summer experience designed to medical students to end of life
care issues. The program combines an orientation to end of life care
with weekly seminars and field placements at local hospices, nursing
homes, and inpatient units. This year’s program will run from June 23
through August 1, 2008. Although students will have to secure their own
housing for the program (with assistance from their program site in
identifying potential
neighborhoods), a stipend will be provided to assist in covering most
living expenses.
In order to apply for the program, an applicant must be enrolled in a
U.S. allopathic or osteopathic medical school. No exceptions will be
made to this policy. For information
and the application Applications due Monday, March 24, 2008 |
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Integrative Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care: The Biopsychosocial
Model Modules
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Online video course January 05, 2006 to June 30,
2008 |
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This course will provide an overview of the neurobiology
of pediatric pain within a biopyschosocial framework. It will outline
developmental issues related to pediatric pain as well as strategies for
managing acute procedural pain. It will review use of the Internet and
the role of computers in modern day pain treatment, as well as present
discussions about a number of pain syndromes, including headaches,
arthritis, complex regional pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel
syndrome, and chronic somatic syndromes such as chronic fatigue and
cyclic vomiting. Clinical evaluation of children with chronic pain will
be outlined within the biopsychosocial model. The development of a pain
management plan and specific treatments for chronic pain will be
outlined, including educational, physical, psychological, behavioral,
pharmacological, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
treatments. Pediatric palliative care and hospice needs, planning, and
treatment will also be discussed, as well as how to talk with the dying
child and his/her family. This course, designed for physicians who care
for children and adolescents, will fulfill the requirement legislated by
the state of California that physicians, except radiologists and
pathologists, complete 12 hours of continuing medical education in pain
management and palliative care. |
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PriCara™ RECALLS 25 mcg/hr
DURAGESIC® (fentanyl transdermal system) CII PAIN PATCHES
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DURAGESIC 25 mcg/hr (fentanyl transdermal system) and
Sandoz Inc. 25 mcg/hr fentanyl transdermal system patches being recalled
may have a cut along one side of the drug reservoir within the patch.
The result is possible release of fentanyl gel from the gel reservoir
into the pouch in which the patch is packaged, exposing patients or
caregivers directly to fentanyl gel. |
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Anyone who has 25 mcg/hr DURAGESIC or Sandoz Inc.
fentanyl patches should check the box or foil pouch for the expiration
date to see if they have patches that are being recalled. The recalled
patches all have expiration dates on or before December 2009. The cut
edge in affected patches can be seen upon opening the sealed foil pouch
that holds the patch. Affected patches should not be handled directly.
Anyone with 25 mcg/hr DURAGESIC patches being recalled should call
800-547-6446.
Anyone with 25 mcg/hr Sandoz Inc. patches being recalled should call
800-901-7236. |
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GAO Report on
end-of-Life Care; Oxycodone review; problems with Duragesic and
Oxycontin
The two barriers (“challenges”) to delivering the
services described that are highlighted in the report are trying to
deliver any services in rural areas, and physician training and
practices. The rural issues range from distance and poor roads to lack
of pharmacies and other collaborating services, as well as lack of
qualified nursing and other personnel. “Physician training and
practices” will have a familiar ring: lack of training in pain & symptom
management & communication skills, especially those related to EOL
discussions & decisions; lack of training regarding EOL services such as
hospice and palliative care [here they cite the NEJM article that
Christian blogged on last year]. |
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Oxycodone: a review
of its use in the management of pain |
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Oxycodone
Extended-Release Tablets Shortage |
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Acupuncture for
pediatric pain and symptom management |
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Terminal sedation and
the "imminence condition" |
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Attitudes towards
terminal sedation: an empirical survey among experts in the field of
medical ethics |
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Neonatal pain
treatment: ethical to be effective |
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Website:
Science Daily Pain Control News |
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Just Say Die, by Scott R. Berry |
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Morphine: A Comfort Measure For The
Dying Or Pain Control For The Living? |
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An Integrative Approach for Treating
Postherpetic Neuralgia—A Case Report |
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Evidence-Based Interventions to
Improve the Palliative Care of Pain, Dyspnea,
and Depression at the End of Life: A Clinical Practice Guideline from
the American College of Physicians
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FDA Bisphosphonate Risk Alert |
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis in
Osteopathic Medicine:
Fascial and Spinal Motion Restrictions as Correlates of Muscle
Spasticity in Children With Cerebral Palsy |
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Holistic Acupuncture approach to
idiopathic refractory nausea, abdominal pain and bloating
(full
text) |
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Sedation in Mechanically Ventilated
Patients |
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Hypnosis for Breast Cancer Side
Effects |
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Acupuncture for Chronic Pain in
Japan: A Review |
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Parent-Reported Quality of Life of
Children With Cerebral Palsy in Europe |
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Methodologies for the treatment of
acute and chronic nononcologic pain in children |
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Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
for the Terminally Ill: A Reasoned Approach |
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Ensuring Effective Pain Treatment -
A National and Global Perspective |
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Acute Pain Treatment |
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FDA Issues Second Safety Warning on
Fentanyl Skin Patch |
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Course-in-a-Box Tool from
PainEDU |
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Oncologist Communication About
Emotion During Visits With Patients With Advanced Cancer |
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Hospitals and Hospices Partner to
Extend the Continuum of Palliative Care |
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Evolving medicolegal issues in
palliative medicine |
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Common myths about caring for
patients with terminal illness |
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Disagreement between parents and
health professionals regarding pain intensity in critically ill neonates |
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Exploration of communicative
patterns of consultations in palliative cancer care |
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The safety and tolerability of the
fentanyl HCl iontophoretic transdermal system: an alternative to
currently available analgesic modalities |
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ABMS
Certification
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The Social and Political Forces
Affecting Prescribing Practices for Chronic Pain |
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Chronic Daily Headache in French
Children and Adolescents |
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Channelopathies: A Review |
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End of Life Online Curriculum |
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FAST FACT AND
CONCEPT #194: Disclosing Medical Error |
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FAST FACT AND CONCEPT #195: Responding to a Colleague’s Error
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