The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Updates in Hospice and Palliative Care and Intensive Physician Board Review 2025

• Target Audience: palliative care physicians and oncologists
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• Information:

1. Overview

2. Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:

Analyze the spiritual, legal, and medical challenges confronting patients at the end of life.

Deliver optimal end-of-life care encompassing state-of-the-art pain management, symptom control, and psychosocial support.

Illustrate effective communication techniques with patients in advanced stages of cancer or debilitating disease, offering high-quality end-of-life care.

3. Target Audience

Best for palliative care physicians and oncologists who want updates on advanced symptom management, ethical care, and complex pain control.

Target Audience

Specialties – Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Professions – Other, Physician (MD or DO), Student or Trainee

4. Topics

Adjuvants for Pain Management

Cachexia

Cancer Treatment Toxicities- Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Targeted Therapy, and Immunotherapy – Sonal Admane, MD

Challenging Conversations in Palliative Care

Delirium, and Opioid-Induced Neurotoxicity

Disease Specific Palliative Care I- Cardiac and Renal

Disease Specific Palliative Care II- Neurological, AIDS

Dyspnea and Cough

Ethical and Legal Decision Making

Fatigue

Geriatric Palliative Care

Grief & Bereavement

ICU II; and Ventilator Weaning – Kevin Madden, MD

Integrative Approaches to Manage Pain – Larry Driver, MD

Interdisciplinary team, Professionalism, Quality Improvement, Compliance, and Burnout – Suresh Reddy, MD

Interventions for the Management of Cancer Pain

Lunch- Meet the Professor – 01

Lunch- Meet the Professor- Pain Management and Opioid Case Discussions

Lunch- Meet the Professor

Management of Anxiety-Depression at the End-of-Life

Medicare Hospice Benefit

Medication Interactions – Matthew Clark, PharmD

Nausea-Constipation-Bowel Obstruction

Opioid Rotation

Opioid Safety, Non-Medical Opioid Use, and Risk Mitigation Strategies – Joseph Arthur MD

Opioids for Pain Management

Pain- Assessment and Principles

Palliative Care Emergencies

Palliative Care in the ICU – Kevin Madden, MD

Palliative Care in the Last Week of Life

Pediatric Palliative Care II – Kevin Madden, MD

Pediatric Palliative Care

Prognostication

Sleep Disturbance – Sriram Yennu MD

Spiritual Care

Welcome Introduction and General Overview of Course- How to Take the Exam

Wound Care-Pressure — Ulcers-Pruritis-Xerostomia