Thursday, April 21
Pre-Conference Events

Froedtert and Medical College Clinical Cancer Center
Third Annual Carrie Falk Memorial Lecture
April 21, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Mortals: Why Caring for the Seriously Ill is So Hard
Speaker: Tammie E. Quest, MD 
Hosted by the Department of Emergency Medicine
For information contact:
Jill Simonson, BA, C-TAGME
jsimonso@mcw.edu
414-805-6455
 

Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, WI

Pre-Conference Workshop - Advanced Communication Skills (SOLD OUT)
 

Networking Café 
7:00-9:00 PM
This event will offer the opportunity to speak personally with the plenary speakers as well other conference attendees from the greater regional area.  (No fee, but registration is required) 

 

Full Day Conference

Friday, April 22, 2016
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

This year we are fortunate to have several national plenary speakers, including Tammie Quest, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Emory Palliative Care Center, Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center; Lynn McPherson, PharmD, Professor and Vice Chair for Education at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; Arthur Derse, MD, JD, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin and Timothy Jessick, DO, Aurora Healthcare and the co-founder and President of the Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW).

Generously supported by the Alvin & Marion Birschein Foundation

Plenary Speakers:

Tammie E. Quest, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Emory University School of Medicine; will explore the implementation of pallaitive medicine in the ED setting. 

Mary Lynn McPherson, Pharm.D., BCPS,CPE, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy speaking on pharmacologic interventions that provide better symptom management for the palliative care patient.

Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP, Professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, a Julia and David Uihlein Professor of Medical Humanities, will speak on ethical and legal issues in palliative care.  American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging.

Timothy J. Jessick, DO, Chairman Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin, Palliative Medicine consultant and Chair of the Ethics Committee at Aurora West Allis Medical Center will discuss the the barriers and opportunities for hospital systems change to improve palliative care services for all patients.

In addition to the national speakers, Medical College of Wisconsin faculty will be presenting on topics such as: what is new in surgical palliative care, interventional radiology, opioid analgesics, and much more.   

Jonathan Gully, MD Assistant Professor
Fabian Johnston, MD Assistant Professor
Sean Marks, MD, Assistant Professor
Jayshil Patel, MD, Assistant Professor
Sean Tutton, MD,  Professor
Krista Wiger, MD, Assistant Professor

Guest Faculty Speakers                  

Linda Blust, MD, Kindred Healthcare, Denver, CO
Tracy Cardin, NP, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Matthew LoConte, MD, VA Hospital, Madison, WI
Sam Maiser, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Jolene Renda, DNP, ANP/CNP, VA Hospital, La Crosse, WI
Tracy Schroepfer, MSW, PhD  Univeristy of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Janet Stephens, BS, RRT, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI

Hours of credits available:
SOLD OUT - Advanced Communication Skills Workshop
8 hours - Full day conference

ACCME Accreditation Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of up to 11.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychology CE Credit Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor up to 11.0 continuing education credits for psychologists.  The Medical College of Wisconsin maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

This activity contains content or processes that may be potentially stressful.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health professionals (soc. workers, chaplains, therapists, etc) The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 11 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Advanced Practice Providers (APP) - RN's, NP's & PA's
This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of up to 11 hours of AAPA Category I CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel, of which 1.0 is approved for pharmacology credit. Physician assistants should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity.

Credit Fees:
$25.00 - AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (physician)
$25.00 - APA credits (psychologist) 
$25.00 - Hours of Participation credits (allied health)
NO CHARGE - Advanced Practice Providers (RN, PA & NP)
        (When checking out choose "NO CREDIT" and continue)

If you have not previously created your EthosCE profile please click on the register button at the bottom of this website.  Once you have created your account, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Begin" button to register for this conference.

Credit Card Payments ONLY
 

All sales are final no refunds will be applied

For Agenda, and Networking Cafe & Breakout session registration form go to http://www1.mcw.edu/Palliative-Care-Center.htm

Please dress in layers as the temperatures of the conference rooms may fluctuate.