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: • Discuss common end-of-life issues faced by many palliative care professionals. • Identify best practices of palliative care professionals. • 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 nosm.ca/cepd CEPD Office phone: 1-807-766-7464 | Website: nosm.ca/cepd