Palliative Care education Series - Northern Ontario School of Medicine

Continuing medicaL education
Palliative Care Education Series
Pearls and Pet Peeves in Palliative Care
Presented by: Dr. Andrew Knight, Dr. Deb Harrold, Dr. Sharon Buehner, Heather Westaway, Dr. Nathalie Slaney,
Dr. Patrick Critchley, Dr. Erin Chouinard, and Lisa Rowlinson
MAR
26
CYPAC-01407-A
Thursday, March 26, 2015
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. EST
Objectives
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
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Discuss common end-of-life issues faced by many palliative care professionals.
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Identify best practices of palliative care professionals.
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Discuss approach and resources available for identifying key areas of palliative care research.
Program Description
Presenter
The Palliative Care Education Series provides regular
lectures and workshops which discuss common end-oflife issues. During this session, members of the Palliative
Care Program Planning Committee will share some
of their pearls and pet peeves about their work in the
palliative care field.
Dr. Andrew Knight, MD is a general practitioner in oncology at the
Northeast Cancer Centre at Health Sciences North in Sudbury, Ontario. He is
a co-chair of the Palliative Care Program Planning Committee at NOSM. Dr.
Knight is also the Clinical Leader in regional palliative care in LHIN 13.
DISTRIBUTED LEARNING
OTN Videoconference:
NOSM at Laurentian University: HSERC Room 242
NOSM at Lakehead University: ATAC Room 6033
Other OTN location (Please specify when registering)
Webcast
Deadline to Register
Monday, March 23, 2015
Register NOW
This program meets the accreditation criteria of
The College of Family Physicians of Canada and
has been accredited for up to 1 Mainpro-M1
credit(s) as approved by the Continuing
Education and Professional Development Office
at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
Dr. Deb Harrold, MD, CCFP is a family physician providing consultative
palliative care in the Huntsville area. For the past eight years, she has been
involved with the Algonquin Family Health Team as lead physician for the
Palliative Care Team, Hope Huntsville Palliative Care Team. She served as
president of the board for Hospice Huntsville from May 2010 to June 2013.
With the development of Algonquin Grace Residential Hospice, Dr. Harrold
has become the Medical Director for Hospice.
Dr. Sharon Buehner, MD, CCFP is a palliative care physician in Sault Ste.
Marie, Medical Advisor of Algoma Residential Community Hospice and a
member of NOSM Palliative Care Program Planning Committee.
Heather Westaway is Registered Kinesiologist with the College of
Kinesiologists of Ontario and has extensive clinical experience in geriatrics,
chronic disease management, and hospice palliative care. She has worked
closely with Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and the Canadian Hospice
Palliative Care Association to develop and implement initiatives that
advocate for high-quality, patient- and family-centered hospice programs.
Dr. Nathalie Slaney, MD, CCFP is a bilingual physician in Sudbury and is a
resident hospice physician. Dr. Slaney is currently the shared care team lead
physician at the Maison Vale Hospice.
Dr. Patrick Critchley, MD, CCFP
Dr. Erin Chouinard, MD, CCFP
Lisa Rowlinson, RN
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CEPD Office phone: 1-807-766-7464 | Website: nosm.ca/cepd