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Course Announcement OSI Seminar on Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Oncology (EPEC™-O) Curriculum March 21 – March 27, 2010 Parkhotel Castellani, Salzburg, Austria The Open Society Institute’s International Palliative Care Initiative (IPCI) is pleased to invite you to apply to participate in a special seminar on the Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Oncology (EPEC™-O) Curriculum, to be held March 21 – March 27, 2010 at Parkhotel Castellani in Salzburg, Austria. The EPEC-O Curriculum is open-access, free to disseminate and easily adaptable to patients with cancer and other advanced illnesses. Goals The two main goals of the seminar are 1) to provide practicing clinicians with information and strategies necessary to provide evidence-based palliative interventions to their patients and 2) to introduce participants to comprehensive educational tools and materials they can use to teach the core competencies of palliative care to practicing healthcare professionals and trainees. The conference will be held in English. There will be small group discussions and role play which will require absolute proficiency in English. Faculty The course will be co-directed by Dr. Frank D. Ferris and Dr. Kathleen Foley. Dr. Ferris is the Director of the International Programs at the Institute for Palliative Medicine at the San Diego Hospice and has expertise in Palliative Medicine, Radiation Oncology and effective approaches to teaching. Dr. Kathleen M. Foley is the Medical Director of the International Palliative Care Initiative, Open Society Institute, New York, NY, Attending Neurologist in the Pain & Palliative Care Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Clinical Pharmacology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Foley has expertise in Pain Management, Palliative Medicine, Neurology and Public Health Strategies for integrating palliative care into existing healthcare systems. Faculty members will include: Dr. Charles F. von Gunten, Provost of the Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice; he has expertise in Palliative Medicine, Medical Oncology and effective approaches to teaching. Mary V. Callaway, Director, International Palliative Care Initiative, Open Society Institute, New York, NY; she has expertise in educational resources and Public Health Strategies for integrating palliative care into existing healthcare systems. Dr. Eugenie Obbens, Attending Neurologist in the Pain and Palliative Care Service of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC); she has expertise in the neurological complications of cancer with special interest in neuropathic cancer pain. She is the previous acting Chief of the Pain and Palliative Care Service at MSKCC. Costs Covered The cost of round-trip economy airfare or railroad travel, hotel accommodations, and all meals will be provided. PLEASE NOTE, as of January 1, 2007, visa costs, in-country transportation costs, insurance, and per diems ARE NO LONGER COVERED and are the responsibility of each participant. Eligible participants will be citizens from countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union who are living and working in their home country. Participants from Africa and Southeast Asia who are living and working in their home country are also encouraged to apply. 1 All participants must be able and committed to attend the entire course. Who Should Apply Physicians working in oncology or hospice and palliative care, who wish to expand their knowledge in palliative and end-of-life care in caring for persons with cancer, will be given priority. Physicians in the following disciplines are eligible to apply: primary care, internal medicine, geriatrics, public health, oncology, hospice and palliative medicine, family medicine, HIV/AIDS and pediatrics. The ideal applicant will care for patients on a weekly basis, teach other healthcare professionals and trainees on a regular basis, belong to a university curriculum committee, belong to a national or international professional organization, or hold a position of influence – for example, a deputy director of a medical center. Candidates fulfilling all four criteria will be given priority. Course Content The course will include both interactive plenary and workshop sessions that cover: Challenges and goals of palliative care... an introduction to the need for, and concepts of palliative care Components of a comprehensive assessment 1 Participants coming from countries in Africa and Southeast Asia will be responsible for arranging and paying for their own economy-class travel and will be reimbursed for their airfare in Salzburg. Pain and other symptom management, including nausea, vomiting, constipation, and bowel obstruction, anorexia/cachexia, edema/effusions, anxiety, depression, and delirium. Approaches to effective o communication o negotiating goals of care o clarifying that diagnosi go to sleep go to sleep s and prognosis o advance care planning, including the use of the “Go Wish” cards o withdrawing fluids and nutrition How to manage the legal complications Care during the last hours of life Palliative care as a human right Educational resources for palliative care, including an overview of the International Palliative Care Resource Center (IPCRC.net) Strategies for developing comprehensive cancer care in your institution Discussions will also highlight applications of this content to patients with diseases other than cancer. Faculty Backgrounds Dr. Frank D. Ferris, MD, FAAHPM Dr. Frank D. Ferris is the Director of the International Programs at The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, a teaching affiliate of the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. Dr. Ferris is a Consultant to the International Palliative Care Initiatives, Network Public Health Program, Open Society Institute, New York, NY, a member of the Board of the International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care; Co-principal of the Education on Palliative and End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project based at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL; Consultant to the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Toronto, Canada, a teaching affiliate of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; author / editor of A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care: based on National Principles and Norms Of Practice, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) for which he was awarded a Golden Jubilee Medal of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by the Governor General of Canada, May 2003, and a National Leadership Award by CHPCA in September 2005; and Co-author of I Can’t Stop Crying: It’s So Hard When Someone You Love Dies with John Martin, published by Key Porter Books. He is particularly interested in strategies for integrating palliative care into existing healthcare systems worldwide. He has published and spoken widely on multiple palliative care subjects, and effective approaches to education and program implementation. Dr. Ferris received an Honours Bachelor of Science Degree in Cooperative Applied Chemistry from the University of Waterloo, in 1975. He graduated from McMaster Medical School, Hamilton, Ontario in 1981. He pursued postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto. He completed a Fellowship in Pain and Symptom Management at the Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre in 1991. He became Board-certified with the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine in 1998 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (FAAHPM) in 2008. He was a Faculty Scholar with the Project on Death in America from 1998-2000. He continues with appointments as Clinical Professor, Voluntary, in the Department of Family & Preventative Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA; and Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Member, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, FACP, FAAHPM Dr. Charles F. von Gunten is the Provost, Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, a teaching and research affiliate of the University of California, San Diego, University of San Diego and San Diego State University. He holds an established investigator award from the National Cancer Institute. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Palliative Medicine. The Institute for Palliative Medicine hosts the largest fellowship program in palliative medicine in the US. He is the Chairman, Test Committee, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, American Board of Medical Specialties. He is a past President of the American Association for Cancer Education. He was CoPrincipal for the Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project and its revision for oncology, EPEC-O. He is an expert for the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) on developing hospital-based palliative care programs. He serves as Medical Director of the Doris A. Howell Service, a palliative care consultation service at the UCSD Medical Center. He has been particularly interested in the integration of hospice and palliative care into academic medicine. He has published and spoken widely on the subjects of hospice, palliative medicine, and pain and symptom control. Dr. von Gunten received the Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 1978. He then earned a PhD in Biochemistry and the MD degree with honors from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado in 1988. He subsequently pursued residency training in Internal Medicine, followed by subspecialty training in Hematology/Oncology at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in Chicago. He joined the faculty as an assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School until 1999 where he directed programs in hospice and palliative care, education, and research. He currently holds the academic rank of Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego where he is a member of the NIH-designated Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Kathleen M. Foley, MD, PhD Dr. Kathleen M. Foley is an Attending Neurologist in the Pain & Palliative Care Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and is also Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Clinical Pharmacology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and previous Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Cancer Pain Research and Education at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She holds the Chair of the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Pain Research. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences for her national and international efforts in the treatment of patients with cancer pain. She is the past Director of the Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute whose goal was to transform the culture of dying in the United States through initiatives in research, scholarship and clinical care. Dr. Foley is currently the Medical Director of the International Palliative Care Initiative of the Public Health Program of the Open Society Institute working to advance palliative care globally. Dr. Foley has focused her career on the assessment and treatment of patients with cancer pain. With her colleagues, she has developed scientific guidelines for the use of analgesic drug therapy through clinic pharmacologic studies of opioid drugs. Dr. Foley has received numerous awards and honors for her work. She received the Distinguished Service Award and the Humanitarian Award from the American Cancer Society, the David Karnovsky Award from American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the Frank Netter Award from the American Academy of Neurology. She is a previous Rita Allen Scholar. Dr. Foley chaired three expert committees that resulted in the publication of the three WHO monographs on Cancer Pain and Palliative Care; “Cancer Pain Relief” (1996), “Cancer Pain Relief and Palliative Care” (1990), and “Cancer Pain and Palliative Care in Children” (1996). Mary V. Callaway, MME Mary Callaway is the Director of the International Palliative Care Initiative (IPCI) of the Public Health Program at the Open Society Institute. The goal of the initiative is to enhance palliative care development internationally with a specific focus on Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Southeast Asia, South Africa, Southern Africa, and East Africa. From 1994 to 2003 she served as the Associate Director for the Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute, a 45 million dollar initiative to improve end of life care in the United States. Prior to joining OSI, she was the Administrator for the Pain and Palliative Care Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City for 16 years. In that position she served the Executive Director for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Collaborating Center for Cancer Pain Research and Education. She also developed educational programs for health care professionals and managed over 4 million dollars a year in research grants and philanthropic support. She organized and managed the working group for the development and dissemination of the WHO 1996 monograph “Cancer Pain Relief and Palliative Care in Children”. She is a founding member of the United States Cancer Pain Relief Committee. She is a member of the Steering Group for the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance and serves on both the advocacy and policy working groups. She is on the Steering Group of the International Children’s Palliative Care Network and a member of the African Palliative Care Association pain management working group which has planned and implemented three regional drug advocacy workshops to increase opioid availability. She serves on the grants committee of the Virginia Gildersleeve Foundation and has served as a technical advisor to national and international foundations interested in advancing palliative care. With Dr. Frank Ferris, she recently edited the JPSM volume on International Palliative Care. Dr. Eugenie A.M.T. Obbens, MD, PhD Dr. Obbens is an Attending Neurologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she is active in patient care and teaching in both Neuro-Oncology and in Pain and Palliative Care. She is also a Clinical Professor of Neurology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University Dr. Obbens has carried out research on the care of patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors and on various treatment aspects of cancer pain management. She has authored or co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed papers, abstracts, book chapters and invited reviews. Dr. Obbens has been a consultant for the World Health Organization’s Cancer Unit in Geneva, Switzerland, and has published teaching material on the WHO Cancer Pain Guidelines. She was the acting Chief of the Pain and Palliative Care Service at MSKCC form 2004 to 2008 and the Director of the both the pain fellowship program and palliative care fellowship program from 2004 to 2008. Please Forward This Announcement We welcome country coordinators to forward the announcement and application on to hospitals, colleges, and universities. Application, Selection Process All applications must be received by November 1st, 2009. The final selection of participants will be made by the OSI course directors. Selected candidates will be notified by December 2009. Open Society Institute/SOROS Foundation Open Medical Institute Salzburg Medical Seminars International, 2010 Application Form Seminar you are applying for: Seminar Date Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Oncology (EPEC™-O) Curriculum Sun. Mar. 21 – Sat. Mar. 27, 2010 Deadline for Application November 1st, 2009 Please type your answers in ENGLISH and email this completed form to [email protected] Family name (as it appears on your passport): First name: Title: Name of Institution: Department: Work Mailing Address: Work and home email address: Passport Number: Sex (male or female): Date of birth (day/month/year): Place of birth: Country of Citizenship: Date Issued: ID Number: Date Issued: Home Mailing Address (invitation letters will be sent to you at home): Home telephone number: Please answer the following questions: 1. When did you complete medical school? 2. Are you on the curriculum committee at your university? 3. Are you proficient in English? Speaking, Reading, and Writing? 4. How many palliative care patients do you care for in one week? 5. Do you teach practicing oncologists or other healthcare professionals? How many each year? 6. Do you teach medical trainees (medical students and residents)? How many each year? 7. Do you work with other colleagues in providing palliative care? 8. Are you a member of a professional medical association? If so, which one(s)? 9. Are you a member of your national hospice or palliative care association? 10. Please explain why you are interested in attending this special Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Oncology (EPEC™-O) Course and how you will use this new knowledge when you return home. 11. Please rank your knowledge of palliative care – beginning, intermediate, advanced. 12. Please rank your knowledge of cancer care – beginning, intermediate, advanced. 13. What medications are available in your country to treat pain? 14. What medications are available in your country to treat patients with nausea and vomiting, depression, anxiety, delirium? 15. Do you understand that you must attend every lecture during the entire course? 16. Do you understand that visa costs, in-country transportation costs, insurance, and per diems are no longer covered and are the responsibility of each participant? Please attach, as one document if possible, the following materials along with your application form and send to Rebekah Chang at [email protected] CV (curriculum vitae) If you have questions please email [email protected].